Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Corageous Disagreement

No one can be a great thinker who does not recognize that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclusions it might lead.

John Stuart Mill

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Hippias: "I cannot agree with you."

Socrates: "Nor can I agree with myself, Hippias, and yet that seems to be the conclusion which, as far as we can see at present, must follow from our argument."

There speaks a man not afraid of allowing his thoughts absolute freedom to explore.

Alberto Manguel
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