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“Free inquiry entails recognition of civil liberties as integral to its pursuit, that is, a free press, freedom of communication, the right to organize opposition parties and to join voluntary associations, and freedom to cultivate and publish the fruits of scientific, philosophical, artistic, literary, moral and religious freedom.”

Source: In defense of secular humanism

“In philosophical inquiry, the human spirit, imitating the movement of the stars, must follow a curve which brings it back to its point of departure. To conclude is to close a circle.”

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Author:Charles Baudelaire

“Wittgenstein imagined that the philosopher was like a therapist whose task was to put problems finally to rest, and to cure us ofbeing bewitched by them. So we are told to stop, to shut off lines of inquiry, not to find things puzzling nor to seek explanations. This is intellectual suicide.”

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Book:Essays in Quasi-Realism

Source: Essays in Quasi-Realism

“It's not just that there is a cooperative spirit of investigation there, where we all recognise that we are engaged in a common project of inquiry. It's also that the philosophers are well-versed in the relevant empirical data, and the scientists are well-versed in the more abstract issues which are typically the central focus of philosophical work.”

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Author:Hilary Kornblith

“We have to reconcile ourselves with philosophical questions in every field. Every field should be open to inquiry and knowledge.”

Should Fields Philosophical Inquiry Reconcile Philosophical Questions

Author:Tariq Ramadan

“To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.”

Doors Position Philosophical Inquiry

Author:E. O. Wilson

“for we are inquiring not in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, since otherwise our inquiry would have been of no use”

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Book:Pocket Aristotle

Source: Pocket Aristotle

“The moment philosophy supposes it can find a final and comprehensive solution, it ceases to be inquiry and becomes either apologetics or propaganda.”

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Book:The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1938

Source: The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1938