“It may well happen that what is in itself the more certain on account of the weakness of our intelligence, which is dazzled by the clearest objects of nature; as the owl is dazzled by the light of the sun. Hence the fact that some happen to doubt about articles of faith is not due to the uncertain nature of the truths, but to the weakness of human intelligence; yet the slenderest knowledge that may be obtained of the highest things is more desirable than the most certain knowledge obtained of lesser things.” HumansWellsMayFactsLightHappensChristianCertainSunDoubtObjectsHighestWeaknessAccountsDuesOrthodoxArticlesUncertainDesirableOrthodox ChristianOwlHuman IntelligenceCertain Knowledge Book:The Summa Theologica: Complete Edition Source: The Summa Theologica: Complete Edition
“To no circumstance is the wide diffusion of error in the world more owing than to our habit of adopting conclusions from insufficiently established data. An indispensable preliminary, then, in every investigation, is to get at facts. Until these are arrived at, every opinion, theory, or system, however ingeniously framed, must necessarily rest upon an uncertain basis.” WorldFactsOpinionTheoryHabitCircumstancesBasesErrorsWideConclusionDataInvestigationUncertainIndispensableFramedOwingAdoptingDiffusion Author:Christian Nestell Bovee
“Young people, who are still uncertain of their identity, often try on a succession of masks in the hope of finding the one which suits them - the one, in fact, which is not a mask.” PeopleTryingStillsFactsYoungIdentityYouthFindingsSuitsMaskUncertainSuccessionFinding The One Author:W. H. Auden
“I am somewhat uncertain whether there is a definite factual question as to whether natural language handles truth-value gaps. Nor am I even quite sure that there is a definite question of fact as to whether natural language should be evaluated by the minimal fixed point or another, given the choice of a scheme for handling gaps. We are not at the moment searching for the correct scheme.” ShouldMomentsFactsValuesChoicesLanguageGivenNaturalHandleFixedGapsSchemesUncertainDefiniteFactual Author:Saul Kripke