Testing Directly-Known Convictions Against Indirectly-Known Yet "Correct" Criticism

Convictions that do not arise from direct-knowing -- direct, experiential contact with beings within Creation -- but are arrived at indirectly through the thinking of others and the secondhand critique of others' opinions are susceptible to ressentiment via the adoption of criteria systems for evaluating and testing the "correctness" of convictions.

When such criteria systems are internalized, the testing of convictions to determine if they stand the test of indirect criticism becomes a far more vital task than learning about or coming to know the directly-known conviction itself.