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“It is not kindness to tell patients that need strong medicine that nothing serious is wrong with them.”

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Cornelius Van Til

Cornelius Van Til was a Dutch-American philosopher born on May 3, 1895, and died on April 17, 1987. He was a leading figure in Christian philosophy, known for his unique philosophical methods and theological perspective. more

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“To admit one's own presuppositions and to point out the presuppositions of others is therefore to maintain that all reasoning is, in the nature of the case, circular reasoning. The starting-point, the method, and the conclusion are always involved in one another.”

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