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That which lies before the human race is a constant struggle to maintain and improve, in opposition to State of Nature, the…
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What would become of the garden if the gardener treated all the weeds and slugs and birds and trespassers as he would…
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For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold novelties for…
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There are some men who are counted great because they represent the actuality of their own age, and mirror it as it…
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The known is finite, the unknown infinite; spiritually we find ourselves on a tiny island in the middle of a boundless ocean…
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Agnosticism is not properly described as a "negative" creed, nor indeed as a creed of any kind, except in so far as…
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That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready…
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Veracity is the heart of morality.
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If the perpetual oscillation of nations between anarchy and despotism is to be replaced by the steady march of self-restraining freedom, it…
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If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bounds, society perishes.
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As to sagacity, I should say that his judgement respecting the warmest place and the softest cushion in a room is infallible,…
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Common sense is science exactly in so far as it fulfills the ideal of common sense; that is, sees facts as they…
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Even if the received opinion be not only true, but the whole truth; unless it is suffered to be, and actually is,…
— John Stuart Mill
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When there are rational grounds for an opinion, people are content to set them forth and wait for them to operate. In…
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Upon the whole, Chymistry is as yet but an opening science, closely connected with the usefull and ornamental arts, and worthy the…
— Joseph Black
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I know that it is a hopeless undertaking to debate about fundamental value judgements. For instance, if someone approves, as a goal,…
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Skepticism is not a denial of belief, but rather a denial of rational grounds for belief.
— Unknown Author
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It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify…
— Thomas Huxley
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Seas of blood have been shed for the sake of patriotism. One would expect the harm and irrationality of patriotism to be…
— Leo Tolstoy
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
— Livy
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