Skepticism means, not intellectual doubt alone, but moral doubt.
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On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity. (Powers of Mind, 1975)
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The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
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Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from birth what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth namely, a healthy skepticism of the powers of government to do good.
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When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others. It is much more nearly certain that we are assembled here tonight than it is that this or that political party is in the right. Certainly there are degrees of certainty, and one should be very careful to emphasize that fact, because otherwise one is landed in an utter skepticism, and complete skepticism would, of course, be totally barren and completely useless.
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Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness.
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Some natural skepticism as to the purity of all human motives came and sat upon my chest..
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What is desperately needed.. Is the skepticism and the sense of history that a liberal arts education provides.
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What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step toward truth.
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It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.
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The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists
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I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all
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In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live more musically
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Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism
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The only new ideas that are not subject to our skepticism or suspicion are our own
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To believe in luck - is skepticism
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Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
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Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy
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The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found
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Skepticism is slow suicide
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We're dealing with a customer with very strict requirements. It increases their skepticism about our ability to supply what they expect.
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Wal-Mart does nothing on a small scale. We respectfully suggest that Wal-Mart?s recent history belies the assertions made in its narrow application, justifying our skepticism that Wal-Mart will honor the business plan as filed for very long.
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When you play soft and loose with the district's money when it comes to yourself, you rightly see skepticism when it comes to not having the money for the lowest-paid workers in the district
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The skepticism is both appropriate and welcome. We realize we have to rebuild confidence.
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