Word: truthfulness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...believe many things without any rational reason. Our faith is usually faith in others'faith. Our belief in truth itself is of this nature. Our needs and volition may decide an option whenever it is a genuine option which cannot be decided on intellectual grounds...
...here assume that there is such a thing as truth. There are two dogmas-absolutism and empiricism. The absolutists say that we can know when we know truth; the empiricists believe that we cannot know when we have grasped the truth. If a thing admits of no doubt it is because the intellect is illumined beyond question. We all feel that of some things we are certain. To this extent we are absolutists. Since we are absolutists by nature, we should believe the empiricist theory, and go on this basis. For nothing has ever been accepted as certain until...
...willing nature does influence us in our belief. But, remembering that in our dealings with nature we are not makers but recorders of truth, we should seek to avoid error and seek for truth. We must weigh reasons with an indifferent mind; for the best investigator is one who is impartial...
...moal questions we must consult not only our reason but our hearts. In such cases it would be absurd to bar out our wills. The simple question of the existence of moral truth cannot be answered by pure intellect. Moral skepticism can no more be refuted by logic than can intellectual skepticism...
...work today is just as intelligent as that of former years. When I compare the Harvard of today with the Harvard of the seventies, I cannot but feel that the young man of the present day has a grand opportunity offered him to battle for the truth. Harvard has advanced, and never offered such chances to a worthy young man as she does today...