“Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.”
Our Inner Conflicts (1945) http://encarta.msn.com/quote_561555562/Reason_Rationalization_may_be_defined_as.html
“Precognition or self-deception?”
—
Tanith Lee
,
book
Vazkor, Son of Vazkor
Book Two, Part III “The Island”, Chapter 3 (p. 219)
Vazkor, Son of Vazkor (1978)
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