Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Quote by Will Durant

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Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street...

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'Ãªtre only as a preparation for...

Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'Ãªtre only as a preparation for...

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate...

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate...

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Nothing ever goes exactly as planned. Thats why its a plan...not a certainty.

Nothing ever goes exactly as planned. Thats why its a plan...not a certainty.

The difference between religion and science is the difference between thoughtless certainty and thoughtful doubt.

The difference between religion and science is the difference between thoughtless certainty and thoughtful doubt.