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Assertion is not demonstration. They mistake their personal prejudices for sound reasons. The fact that it is their pleasure to hold certain opinions, constitutes for them sufficient argument. As a result their folly is sent into the world as philosophy. Any doctrine which demands a hearing today, must render sound reasons for its appearance.

-- Notebooks Category 7: The Intellect > Chapter 4 : Abstract Thought > # 51