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Scepticism and Animal Faith (1923)
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Scepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer.
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[The empiricist] thinks he believes only what he sees, but he is much better at believing than at seeing.
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From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever, That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.
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Born:
December 16, 1863
Died:
September 26, 1952
(aged 88)
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