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Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it? Domestic animals expect food when they see the person who usually feeds them. We know independently of experiences. Absolute idea can describe the absolute reality. Many people would sooner die than think. In fact they do. The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it? Domestic animals expect food when they see the person who usually feeds them. We know independently of experiences. Absolute idea can describe the absolute reality. Many people would sooner die than think. In fact they do. The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
Approximate author period: c. 1921 AD · modern
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