In fact, no opinion should be with fervour. No one holds with fervour that 7 × 8 = 56 because it can be shown to be the case. Fervour is only necessary in commending an opinion which is doubtful or demonstrably false.


Quoted in Max Perutz, Is Science Necessary? (1991)

Voltaire Quotes

In fact, no opinion should be with fervour. No one holds with fervour that 7 × 8 = 56 because it can be shown to be the case. Fervour is only...

In fact, no opinion should be with fervour. No one holds with fervour that 7 × 8 = 56 because it can be shown to be the case. Fervour is only...

In fact, no opinion should be with fervour. No one holds with fervour that 7 × 8 = 56 because it can be shown to be the case. Fervour is only...

In fact, no opinion should be with fervour. No one holds with fervour that 7 × 8 = 56 because it can be shown to be the case. Fervour is only...