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> [“Such a principled disregard of ad hominem evidence is a characteristically modern prejudice of professional philosophers. For most Greek and Roman thinkers from Plato to Augustine, theorizing was but one mode of living life philosophically. To Socrates and the countless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-miller/such-a-principled-disregard-of-ad-hominem-evidence-is-a/)

[James Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-miller/)

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## More by James Miller

> [“Such a principled disregard of ad hominem evidence is a characteristically modern prejudice of professional philosophers. For most Greek and Roman thinkers from Plato…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-miller/such-a-principled-disregard-of-ad-hominem-evidence-is-a/)

[James Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-miller/)

> [“Evil comes in various forms, the one it comes most is the crowd of people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-miller/evil-comes-in-various-forms-the-one-it-comes-most-is-the-crowd-of/)

[James Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-miller/)

> [“One small boy was all it took to upset the universe”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-miller/one-small-boy-was-all-it-took-to-upset-the-universe/)

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> [“In a sense,’ Foucault concluded with a flourish, ‘all the rest of my life I’ve been trying to do intellectual things that would attract…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-miller/in-a-sense-foucault-concluded-with-a-flourish-all-the-rest-of-my-life/)

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> [“Those who are brave, are the greatest cowards of all. For they fear failure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-miller/those-who-are-brave-are-the-greatest-cowards-of-all-for-they-fear/)

[James Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-miller/)

> [“You don't fear so you live, you live so you fear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-miller/you-don-t-fear-so-you-live-you-live-so-you-fear/)

[James Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-miller/)

> [“A man isn't as good as his word, he's as good as his Actions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-miller/a-man-isn-t-as-good-as-his-word-he-s-as-good-as-his-actions/)

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