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“There are those who feel an imperative need to believe, for whom the values of a belief are proportionate not to its truth, but to its definiteness. Incapable of either admitting the existence of contrary judgments or of suspending their own, they supply the place of knowledge by turning other men's conjectures into dogmas.”

Quote by C. E. M. Joad

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C. E. M. Joad was a British philosopher, writer, and broadcaster known for his popularizing of philosophy and his work in social and political issues. He was born on August 12, 1891, and passed away on April 9, 1953. more

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