Word: scientifica
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...said that he knew only that he knew nothing. It is from this very fact of our growing humility that I draw the conclusion that we are in advance of the past ages in our learning in regard to dreams. Joseph Glanville published in 1665 his book "Scepsis Scientifica," in which he very successfully shows that "Confest ignorance is the way to science." If, then, the vanity of dogmatising is not overrated, we are in a fair way, I think, of becoming very much more learned on this subject of dreams. May we not hope that, in the near future...
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