I try to encourage people to think for themselves, to...

I try to encourage people to think for themselves, to question standard assumptions... Don't take assumptions for granted. Begin by taking a skeptical attitude toward anything that is conventional wisdom. Make it justify itself. It usually can't. Be willing to ask questions about what is taken for granted. Try to think things through for yourself.

Power and Terror: Conflict, Hegemony, and the Rule of Force (ed. Routledge, 2015) - ISBN: 9781317253655

Noam Chomsky Quotes

I try to encourage people to think for themselves, to question standard assumptions... Don't take assumptions for granted. Begin by taking a...

I try to encourage people to think for themselves, to question standard assumptions... Don't take assumptions for granted. Begin by taking a...

I try to encourage people to think for themselves, to question standard assumptions... Don't take assumptions for granted. Begin by taking a...

I try to encourage people to think for themselves, to question standard assumptions... Don't take assumptions for granted. Begin by taking a...