“It is not enough for a wise man to study nature and truth; he should dare state truth for the benefit of the few who are willing and able to think.”
Man a Machine (1747), p. 85
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Source: Summa Contra Gentiles

“It is a natural illness of man to think that he possesses the truth directly…”
C'est une maladie naturelle à l'homme de croire qu'il possède la vérité directement…
Section I
Variant translation: It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth.
On the Spirit of Geometry

On October 27, 1553, Michael Servetus was burned at the stake in Geneva, Switzerland. Guillaume Farel —the executioner and vicar of John Calvin— warned the onlookers with these words. Awake! magazine, May 2006; Michael Servetus—A Solitary Quest for the Truth.

Gautama Buddha, Dhammapada
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