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“Since philosophy is the exploration of the rational, it is for that very reason the apprehension of the present and the actual, not the erection of a beyond, supposed to exist, God knows where, or rather which exists, and we can perfectly well say where, namely in the error of a one-sided, empty, ratiocination.”

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Book:Philosophy of right

Source: Philosophy of right

“Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.”

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Author:David Hume

“It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.”

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Author:John Locke

“To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.”

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Author:Arthur Schopenhauer

“he who thinks great thoughts often makes great errors”

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Author:Martin Heidegger

“I believe there is no philosophical high-road in science, with epistemological signposts. No, we are in a jungle and find our way by trial and error, building our road behind us as we proceed.”

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Author:Max Born

“Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.”

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Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.”

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Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.”

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Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Of course, if you photograph the behavior of women and men at a particular time in history, in a particular situation, you will capture differences. But the error lies in inferring that a snapshot is a lasting picture. What women and men do at a moment in time tells us nothing about what women and men are in some unvarying sense - or about what they can be.”

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Book:Mismeasure of Woman: Why Women are Not the Better Sex, the Inferior Sex, or the Opposite Sex

Source: Mismeasure of Woman: Why Women are Not the Better Sex, the Inferior Sex, or the Opposite Sex

“It is necessary to correct the error that vegetarianism has made us weak in mind, or passive or inert in action. I do not regard flesh-food as necessary at any stage”

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Author:Mahatma Gandhi