Arthur Schopenhauer - The discovery of truth i...

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.

Arthur Schopenhauer

German Philosopher

Born: Feb 22, 1788

Died: Sep 21, 1860

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Truth, Truth Is, Weakness, More, Directly, Mislead, Powers, Opinion, False, Discovery, Error, Effectively, Preconceived, Which, Prejudice, Reasoning, Appearance, Things, Present

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