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14858 | Being certain presumes that there are absolute truths, and means of arriving at them [Nietzsche] |
Full Idea: Conviction is the belief that in some point of knowledge one possesses absolute truth. Such a belief presumes, then, that absolute truths exists; likewise, that the perfect methods for arriving at them have been found. | |
From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 630) |