“But you must still know to respect other people's faith.' 'Why? We don't respect any other delusion. We lock up people who believe they're Christ, yet we're supposed to humour those who believe in him.' 'By definition, faith is irrational: a belief you hold against the normal rules of evidence.' 'In which case I believe in Jedi” PeopleKnowsBelieveStillsBeliefI BelieveChristCasesHumourNormalEvidenceDefinitionsI Believe InDelusionLocksIrrationalRespecting OthersLock Up Book:The Enemy of the Good Source: The Enemy of the Good
“On the whole, however, the conclusions I have drawn from the proofs quoted may, I believe, safely be relied on. Assuredly they will not be disturbed either by the lays of a poet displaying the exaggeration of his craft, or by the compositions of the chroniclers that are attractive at truth's expense; the subjects they treat of being out of the reach of evidence, and time having robbed most of them of historical value by enthroning them in the region of legend.” BelieveMayWholeValuesI BelieveSubjectsPoetEvidenceTreatsLaysHistoricalProofConclusionCraftsAttractiveRegionsExpensesLegendsCompositionDisturbedExaggerationHistorical Value Book:History of Greece Source: History of Greece
“It is wiser, I believe, to arrive at theory by way of evidence rather than the other way around.... It is more rewarding, in any case, to assemble the facts first and, in the process of arranging them in narrative form, to discover a theory or a historical generalization emerging of its own accord.” WayFirstsBelieveFactsFormI BelieveProcessCasesAtheismTheoryEvidenceHistoricalPositive AtheismNarrativeWiserAccordEmergingGeneralizationArranging Book:Practicing History: Selected Essays Source: Practicing History: Selected Essays