The opposite of thinking clearly is being muddled. To be conscious of being muddled is a horrible experience. To avoid it we may even be tempted to shut our minds and swallow a belief, ready-made, from some expert authority. — Susan Stebbing Copy Share Image
The opposite of thinking clearly is being muddled. To be conscious of being muddled is a horrible experience. To avoid it we may even… — Susan Stebbing Copy Share Image
We easily fall into the habit of accepting compressed statements which save us from the trouble of thinking. Thus arises what I shall call… — Susan Stebbing Copy Share Image
It is an illusion to suppose that a Dictator makes himself; at most he seizes an opportunity made for him by passive, stupid, incompetent,… — Susan Stebbing Copy Share Image
A system is said to be coherent if every fact in the system is related every other fact in the system by relations that… — Susan Stebbing Copy Share Image
There is an urgent need to-day for the citizens of a democracy to think well. It is not enough to have freedom of the… — Susan Stebbing Copy Share Image
We come to think of an idealist as one who seeks to realize what is not in fact realizable. But, it is necessary to… — Susan Stebbing Copy Share Image
