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William Kingdon Clifford

Born

in The United Kingdom

May 04, 1845

Died

March 03, 1879

Genre

Philosophy, Science

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	The Ethics of Belief 3.96 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 1877 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ethics of Belief and Other Essays (Great Books in Philosophy) by William Kingdon Clifford, Timothy J. Madigan (Introduction) 4.15 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Etica, scienza e fede by William Kingdon Clifford, Claudio Bartocci (Editor), Giulio Giorello (Editor) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Treasury of Modern Asian Stories by William Kingdon Clifford (Editor), Daniel Milton (Editor) 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1961 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lectures and Essays by the Late William Kingdon Clifford, F.R.S. (Volume 1) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1879 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The scientific basis of morals : and other essays, viz. : right and wrong, the ethics of belief, the ethics of religion 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Common Sense Of The Exact Sciences it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lectures and Essays by William Kingdon Clifford; Volume 2 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mathematical Papers by William Kingdon Clifford (Ams Chelsea Publishing, 210) by William Kingdon Clifford, Robert Tucker (Editor), H.J. Stephen Smith (Introduction) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1882 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Legendary Mathematicians Biography SET: Exploring the Lives of Mathematical Pioneers by William Kingdon Clifford by William Kingdon Clifford, Sir William Rowan Hamilton, Augustus de Morgan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.”
― William Kingdon Clifford, Ethics of Belief and Other Essays

tags: belief, evidence, reason, wrong

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“In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great harm done by the mere belief; it may be true after all, or I may never have occasion to exhibit it in outward acts. But I cannot help doing this great wrong towards Man, that I make myself credulous. The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should become credulous, and lose the habit of testing things and inquiring into them; for then it must sink back into savagery.”
― William Kingdon Clifford, Ethics of Belief and Other Essays

tags: actions, belief, credulity, danger, evidence, harm, inquiry, savagery, society, true

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“To sum up: it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

If a man, holding a belief which he was taught in childhood or persuaded of afterwards, keeps down and pushes away any doubts which arise about it in his mind, purposely avoids the reading of books and the company of men that call into question or discuss it, and regards as impious those questions which cannot easily be asked without disturbing it — the life of that man is one long sin against mankind. […]

Inquiry into the evidence of a doctrine is not to be made once for all, and then taken as finally settled. It is never lawful to stifle a doubt; for either it can be honestly answered by means of the inquiry already made, or else it proves that the inquiry was not complete.

“But,” says one, “I am a busy man; I have no time for the long course of study which would be necessary to make me in any degree a competent judge of certain questions, or even able to understand the nature of the arguments.”

Then he should have no time to believe.”
― William Kingdon Clifford, Ethics of Belief and Other Essays

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