Agreement Quote by Ernest Sosa

“A hunter archer can also be out to shock by taking crazy shots. What makes his shots "crazy" is set by excessive risk, judged by hunting-archery standards, which would tend to draw agreement from knowledgeable observers.”

Ernest Sosa

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It is bad to want something that not even God could attain, especially when the impossibility becomes obvious.

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Judgment is affirmation with the intention to thereby affirm competently enough, and indeed aptly. That distinguishes judgments from mere guesses.

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