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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
by C. L. R. James (Journalist , born in 1901) keywords: american, among, contemporary, depression, development, future, great, large, most, profound, sections, skepticism, society , striking Investors should start with a view of skepticism. They should become intellectual investors rather than emotional investors. They should be careful, and they should be skeptical.
by Arthur Levitt (Public Servant, American , born in 1931) keywords: become, careful, emotional, intellectual, investors, rather, should, skeptical, skepticism, start, than , view Well, I had a small degree, that little infection of skepticism about America which resides in the minds of even America's closest friends. That America can't be quite as good as it says it is. And why does it need so relentlessly to keep saying how good it is?
by Robert MacNeil (Journalist, Canadian , born in 1931) keywords: america, closest, degree, does, even, friends, good, had, how, infection, keep, little, minds, need, quite, relentlessly, resides, saying, says, skepticism, small, well, which , why Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.
by Samuel E. Morison (Historian, American , born in 1887) keywords: accepted, historical, history, hitherto, important, point, revision, skepticism, starting , tool Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth: namely, a healthy skepticism of the powers of government agencies to do good.
by Daniel P. Moynihan (Politician, American , born in 1927) keywords: acquire, agencies, been, birth, conservatives, endowed, good, government, healthy, liberals, life, namely, powers, seem, skepticism, somehow , unable It is the press that has taken these charges and accusations and blown them up without any kind of skepticism whatsoever - blown them into realities and treated them as if they were true.
by Dixie Lee Ray (Politician, American , born in 1914) keywords: accusations, any, blown, charges, into, kind, press, realities, skepticism, taken, them, these, treated, true, up, were, whatsoever , without The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism.
by Paul Ricoeur (Philosopher, French , born in 1913) keywords: allows, between, dogmatism, limits, logic, move, skepticism, two, us , validation Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance.
by Bertrand Russell (Philosopher, British , born in 1872) keywords: absolute, both, certain, certainty, dissipate, dogmatism, ignorance, knowing, knowledge, other, philosophies, philosophy, sense, should, skepticism , whether There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.
by George Santayana (Philosopher, American , born in 1970) keywords: against, conventions, courtesy, doubts, far, kind, offense, our, polite, press, skepticism, too , would She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.
by Jean-Paul Sartre (Philosopher, French , born in 1905) keywords: atheist, being, believed, her, kept, nothing, only, she , skepticism Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.
by David Suzuki (Scientist, Canadian , born in 1936) keywords: convey, education, failed, important, lesson, most, science, serious, skepticism, teach, very , way The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent in a hitherto virgin soil.
by Simone Weil (Philosopher, French , born in 1909) keywords: alcoholism, becomes, diseases, hitherto, more, much, other, poison, skepticism, soil, some, tuberculosis , virulent