First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again - and, moreover, give reasons why we believe.


Lichtenberg: a doctrine of scattered occasions: reconstructed from his aphorisms and reflections (ed. 1959)

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Quotes

First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then...

First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then...

First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then...

First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then...