To abdicate from the rule of reason and substitute for it an authentication of belief by the intentness and degree of conviction with which we hold it can be perilous and destructive. Religious beliefs give a spurious spiritual dimension to tribal enmities.


The Strange Case of the Spotted Mice and Other Classic Essays on Science (ed. Oxford University Press, USA, 1996) - ISBN: 9780192861931

Peter Medawar Quotes

To abdicate from the rule of reason and substitute for it an authentication of belief by the intentness and degree of conviction with which we hold...

To abdicate from the rule of reason and substitute for it an authentication of belief by the intentness and degree of conviction with which we hold...

To abdicate from the rule of reason and substitute for it an authentication of belief by the intentness and degree of conviction with which we hold...

To abdicate from the rule of reason and substitute for it an authentication of belief by the intentness and degree of conviction with which we hold...