Metaphysics may be, after all, only the art of being sure of somet

Metaphysics may be, after all, only the art of being sure of something that is not so, and logic only the art of going wrong with confidence. – Joseph Wood Krutch, The Modern Temper, 1929 (Thanks, Jeff)

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