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Word: tertullian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...even runs headlong against it--belief which, is, in short, "absurd." The claim to have gotten "beyond" rational thought is a form of what Russell regards as the arch-vice, intellectual dishonesty. He would probably say that it is patently impossible to argue with someone who insists on Tertullian's Credo quia absurdum est. Such a case needs a psychiatrist, not syllogisms...

Author: By John E. Mcnees, | Title: The Life of Bertrand Russell: Apologia for Modern Paganism | 4/28/1958 | See Source »

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