To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- True understanding comes after questioning and doubting a truth.
- In plain terms
- You must argue against a truth to know it well.
- What can you take from it?
- Doubt leads to deeper knowledge.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can you know without doubting?
- Why argue against truth?
Another view
Some truths might be known through experience rather than dispute.
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