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Rich people could be admirable, but this depended on how their wealth had been acquired, just as poverty could not by itself reveal anything of the moral worth of an individual.
other people may be wrong, even when they are in important positions, even when they are espousing beliefs held for centuries by vast majorities. And the reason is simple: they have not examined their beliefs logically.
why then assume that the more complex task of directing one’s life could be undertaken without any sustained reflection on premises or goals?
There may be no good reason for things to be the way they are.
The correctness of a statement cannot, the method suggests, be determined by whether it is held by a majority or has been believed for a long time by important people.
A correct statement is one incapable of being rationally contradicted.
But we risk not knowing how to respond to people who don’t agree with us, unless we have first thought through the objections to our position logically.
drive away the suffering of the mind.
The envy could have grown monstrous. Raphael turned it into manure instead.
To cut out every negative root would simultaneously mean choking off positive elements that might arise from it further up the stem of the plant.
