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William Kingdon Clifford
William Kingdon Clifford
English Mathematician
Born: May 4, 1845
Died: Mar 3, 1879
Always Belief Believe Good Which Will
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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
Great Become Lose Believe Society Enough Back Danger Inquiring Though Must Habit Wrong Merely Wrong Things Testing Sink Them Then Should Things Credulous Savagery
No simplicity of mind, no obscurity of station, can escape the universal duty of questioning all that we believe. William Kingdon Clifford
Simplicity Mind Duty Believe Station Obscurity Questioning Escape Universal
A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to our actions. William Kingdon Clifford
Experience Reflection Will Every Our Guide Simplest Beyond Most Goes Regarded Little Us Show Actions Even Belief Fundamental
It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. William Kingdon Clifford
Believe Everywhere Evidence Wrong Insufficient Always Anyone Anything
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. William Kingdon Clifford
Myself Great Be True Believe Evidence Never Outward Mere True Like Occasion Insufficient Exhibit Done May After Anything Manner Belief Acts Harm
Nor is it that truly a belief at all which has not some influence upon the actions of him who holds it. William Kingdon Clifford
Some Him Nor Truly Influence Holds Which Who Actions Belief
He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the action to lust after it, he has committed it already in his heart. William Kingdon Clifford
Heart Action Lust He Looked Him His Truly Committed After Which Who Believes
If a belief is not realized immediately in open deeds, it is stored up for the guidance of the future. William Kingdon Clifford
Future Guidance Immediately Open Up Stored Realized Deeds Belief
Our lives our guided by that general conception of the course of things which has been created by society for social purposes. William Kingdon Clifford
Society Our Guided Our Lives Has-Been General Purposes Conception Course Been Which Social Created Lives Things
To know all about anything is to know how to deal with it under all circumstances. William Kingdon Clifford
Circumstances About Know Deal How Anything
This sense of power is the highest and best of pleasures when the belief on which it is founded is a true belief, and has been fairly earned by investigation. William Kingdon Clifford
Best Power Sense Earned Pleasures Has-Been Investigation Highest True Fairly Been Which Belief Founded
If I steal money from any person, there may be no harm done from the mere transfer of possession; he may not feel the loss, or it may prevent him from using the money badly. But I cannot help doing this great wrong towards Man, that I make myself dishonest. William Kingdon Clifford
Myself Great Man Money Possession Steal Prevent He Badly Wrong Mere Feel Towards Make Him Doing Loss Person Any Done May Dishonest Transfer Cannot Help Using Harm
To sum up: it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. William Kingdon Clifford
Believe Sum Everywhere Evidence Wrong Insufficient Always Up Anyone Anything
To consider only one other such witness: the followers of the Buddha have at least as much right to appeal to individual and social experience in support of the authority of the Eastern saviour. William Kingdon Clifford
Experience Witness Other Consider Saviour Eastern Followers Only Individual Buddha Support Least Authority Social Much Appeal Right
The rule which should guide us in such cases is simple and obvious enough: that the aggregate testimony of our neighbours is subject to the same conditions as the testimony of any one of them. William Kingdon Clifford
Simple Enough Our Rule Guide Neighbours Cases Obvious Testimony Subject Conditions Same Any Which Them Us Should Aggregate
Namely, we have no right to believe a thing true because everybody says so unless there are good grounds for believing that some one person at least has the means of knowing what is true, and is speaking the truth so far as he knows it. William Kingdon Clifford
Truth Good Believe Everybody Unless Says Some He True Namely Knowing Knows Because Least Person Far Means Speaking Grounds Believing Right Thing
We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra. William Kingdon Clifford
Good Depend Sense Algebra Bad Always Sound May Common Cannot Which Common Sense Translated English

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