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Saturday, September 03, 2005

Reasoned Disbelief

Reason is always subject to passion. Hume’s observation is one of the most significant ever made in the ethical arena, but it has the disadvantage of being true without being persuasive. We can easily will ourselves to disbelieve it.
Posted by Nature's Rebel at 11:55 PM

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