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> [If our best efforts come to nothing often enough, we need consolation, and thoughts of unfolding, infinite destiny, or karma , are sometimes consoling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-blackburn/if-our-best-efforts-come-to-nothing-often-enough-we-need-consolation/)

[Simon Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-blackburn/)

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## More by Simon Blackburn

> [Finding a mechanism does not bypass the problem of induction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-blackburn/finding-a-mechanism-does-not-bypass-the-problem-of-induction/)

[Simon Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-blackburn/)

> [“seperate morality from its effects, and you will see that everyone regards ias a nuisance, an annoying brake on their freedom of action.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-blackburn/seperate-morality-from-its-effects-and-you-will-see-that-everyone/)

[Simon Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-blackburn/)

> [The absolutist trumpets his plain vision; the relativist sees only someone who is unaware of his own spectacles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-blackburn/the-absolutist-trumpets-his-plain-vision-the-relativist-sees-only/)

[Simon Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-blackburn/)

> [The absolutist takes himself to speak to the ages, with the tongue of angels, but the relativist hears only one version among others, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-blackburn/the-absolutist-takes-himself-to-speak-to-the-ages-with-the-tongue-of/)

[Simon Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-blackburn/)

> [When the hoary old question of nature versus nurture comes around, sides form quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-blackburn/when-the-hoary-old-question-of-nature-versus-nurture-comes-around/)

[Simon Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-blackburn/)

> [It can seem an amazing fact that laws of nature keep on holding, that the frame of nature does not fall apart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-blackburn/it-can-seem-an-amazing-fact-that-laws-of-nature-keep-on-holding-that/)

[Simon Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-blackburn/)

> [“Someone sitting on a completely unreasonable belief is sitting on a time bomb. The apparently harmless, idiosyncratic belief of the Catholic Church that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-blackburn/someone-sitting-on-a-completely-unreasonable-belief-is-sitting-on-a/)

[Simon Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-blackburn/)

> [Paradigms can be asked to show their worth, an some of them do not stand up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-blackburn/paradigms-can-be-asked-to-show-their-worth-an-some-of-them-do-not/)

[Simon Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-blackburn/)

> [“It is the thought that the least efficient way of of finding either happiness or pleasure is to pursue them. Put in terms of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-blackburn/it-is-the-thought-that-the-least-efficient-way-of-of-finding-either/)

[Simon Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-blackburn/)

> [The absolutist takes himself to read nature in her very own language, but the relativist insists that nature does not speak, and we hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-blackburn/the-absolutist-takes-himself-to-read-nature-in-her-very-own-language/)

[Simon Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-blackburn/)

> [The fantasist in whom the reality barrier has broken down is unreliable, believing things when he should not, and telling things as true when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-blackburn/the-fantasist-in-whom-the-reality-barrier-has-broken-down-is/)

[Simon Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-blackburn/)

> [This doctrine, that of the ghost in the machine, strictly separates the mind or soul from the body. And by doing so it takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-blackburn/this-doctrine-that-of-the-ghost-in-the-machine-strictly-separates-the/)

[Simon Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-blackburn/)

> [Respect, of course is a tricky term. I may respect your gardening by just letting you get on with it. Or, I may respect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-blackburn/respect-of-course-is-a-tricky-term-i-may-respect-your-gardening-by/)

[Simon Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-blackburn/)

> [“belief is to knowledge as shadow is to original”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-blackburn/belief-is-to-knowledge-as-shadow-is-to-original/)

[Simon Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-blackburn/)

> [“So the middle-ground answer reminds us that reflection is continuous with practice, and our practice can go worse or better according to the value…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-blackburn/so-the-middle-ground-answer-reminds-us-that-reflection-is-continuous/)

[Simon Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-blackburn/)

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