“And in these four things, opinion of ghosts , ignorance of second causes, devotion towards what men fear , and taking of things casual for prognostics , consisteth the natural seed of religion ; which by reason of the different fancies, judgments and passions of several men, has grown up into ceremonies so different, that those which are used by one man, are for the most part ridiculous to another.” MenDifferentReasonUsedPassionCausesNaturalOpinionFourIgnoranceJudgmentSeedsRidiculousGhostDevotionFancyOne ManCeremonyCasual Book:Leviathan Source: Leviathan
“Whoever will imagine a perpetual confession of ignorance, a judgment without leaning or inclination, on any occasion whatever, hasa conception of Pyrrhonism.” ImagineIgnoranceJudgmentOccasionsConceptionPerpetualConfessionSkepticismInclination Book:Complete Essays Source: Complete Essays
“John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as running mate is the towering example of his poor judgment. Palins ignorance of public affairs is monumental.” RunningChoicesPoorExampleIgnoranceJudgmentAffairMatesMccainPalinPublic Affairs Author:Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
“The reason why the simpler sort are moved with authority, is the consciousness of their own ignorance; whereby it cometh to pass that having learned men in admiration, they rather fear to dislike them than know wherefore they should allow and follow their judgments. Contrariwise with them that are skilful authority is much more strong and forcible; because they only are able to discern how just cause there is why to some men's authority so much should be attributed.” KnowsMenShouldReasonAbleStrongCausesConsciousnessIgnoranceAuthorityJudgmentMovedReason WhyAdmirationDislike Author:Richard Hooker
“We're all caught up in circumstances, and we're all good and evil. When you're really hungry, for instance, you'll do anything to survive. I think the most evil thing - well, maybe that's too strong - but certainly a very evil thing is judgment, the sin of ignorance.” ThinkingWellsEvilStrongSinIgnoranceCircumstancesJudgmentCaughtHungryInstanceGood And EvilCaught UpEvil Things Author:Anthony Hopkins
“Regarding fiction, our concern shouldn't be the author's origin (and of course I am forgetting the sales people right here), because that is actually merely a simplified, almost insulting judgment of the book by its cover - or rather by the name and origin of its author - an act of discrimination if we want to say it in a more provoking way, but at the least an act of ignorance and false empathy.” PeopleIfsWayWantBookCoursesNamesForgetFictionIgnoranceJudgmentEmpathyConcernDiscriminationProvokingInsultingSales People Author:Sasa Stanisic
“Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties. He must have the courage to write the truth when truth is everywhere opposed; the keenness to recognize it, although it is everywhere concealed; the skill to manipulate it as a weapon; the judgment to select those in whose hands it will be effective; and the running to spread the truth among such persons.” WritingPersonsHandsRunningLyingWishFiveIgnoranceTruth IsSkillsJudgmentWeaponsOvercomingDifficultySpreadCombatManipulateSelectConcealedKeenness Book:Galileo Source: Galileo
“It seems to me that the moralist is the most useless and contemptible of creatures. He is useless in that he would expend his energies upon making judgments rather than upon gaining knowledge, for the reason that judgment is easy and knowledge is difficult. He is contemptible in that his judgments reflect a vision of himself which in his ignorance and pride he would impose upon the world. I implore you, do not become a moralist; you will destroy your art and your mind.” WorldMindArtReasonSeemsEnergyEasyDifficultVisionIgnorancePrideCreaturesJudgmentUselessMoralistGaining Knowledge Author:John Edward Williams
“This much I can say with definiteness - namely, that there is no scientific basis for the denial of religion - nor is there in my judgment any excuse for a conflict between science and religion, for their fields are entirely different. Men who know very little of science and men who know very little of religion do indeed get to quarreling, and the onlookers imagine that there is a conflict between science and religion, whereas the conflict is only between two different species of ignorance.” KnowsMenLittlesI CanTwoDifferentImagineAtheismFieldsIgnoranceConflictJudgmentBasesSpeciesExcuseDenialImagine ThatScience And Religion Author:Robert Andrews Millikan