“A judgment, for me is not the mere grasping of a thought, but the admission of its truth.”
Gottlob Frege Sense and reference
Gottlob Frege (1892). On Sense and Reference, note 7.
Über Sinn und Bedeutung, 1892
“To aspire to be superhuman is a most discreditable admission that you lack the guts, the wit, the moderating judgment to be successfully and consummately human.”
“Spinoza’s Worm,” p. 75
Do What You Will (1928)
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Source: Assassin's Apprentice
