“Namely, we have no right to believe a thing true because everybody says so unless there are good grounds for believing that some one person at least has the means of knowing what is true, and is speaking the truth so far as he knows it.Quote by William Kingdon CliffordTopics: Quotes about William Kingdon CliffordShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
There is no scientific discoverer, no poet, no painter, no musician, who will not tell...#William Kingdon Clifford
In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be...#William Kingdon Clifford
If a belief is not realized immediately in open deeds, it is stored up for...#William Kingdon Clifford
He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the...#William Kingdon Clifford
We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English...#William Kingdon Clifford
The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that...#William Kingdon Clifford
Every rustic who delivers in the village alehouse his slow, infrequent sentences, may help to...#William Kingdon Clifford
