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For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is read more
For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
Skepticism, riddling the faith of yesterday, prepared the way for the faith of tomorrow.
Skepticism, riddling the faith of yesterday, prepared the way for the faith of tomorrow.
The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith read more
The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists
Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
Great intellects are skeptical.
Great intellects are skeptical.
The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts read more
The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first read more
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it ca
The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.
The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.
