"An unexamined idea, to paraphrase Socrates, is not……" — Mark Van Doren
"An unexamined idea, to paraphrase Socrates, is not worth having and a society whose ideas are never explored for possible error may eventually find its foundations insecure."
More Error Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great… — Isaac Asimov
- Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how… — Margaret Atwood
- Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion. — Francis Bacon
- Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you… — Francis Bacon
- There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men. — Lord Acton
- Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our… — Bruce Barton
- An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it. — Orlando Aloysius Battista
- We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error… — Joko Beck
- This Old Testament - containing error, folly, absurdity and immorality - is by English statute law declared to be of… — Annie Besant
- Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your… — Edward de Bono