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| 19392 | I don't recommend universal doubt; we constantly seek reasons for things which are indubitable |
| Full Idea: I do not think it necessary to recommend to people universal doubt ...in fact, we are constantly seeking reasons for thoughts about which there is no doubt at all. | |||
| From: Gottfried Leibniz (Precepts for Advancing Science and Arts [1680], p.34) | |||
| A reaction: Such confidence is, of course, asking for trouble. I prefer Peirce's fallibilism - that robust realism is the most coherent view, and the only one worth pursuing and relying on, but you never know.... |