Monday, December 03, 2007

Quote of the day

"Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them" - Thomas Jefferson, letter to Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, July 30, 1816
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2 comments:

Spocko said...

A friend of mine thinks that that we should use ridicule against talk radio. I think they are immune to it.

12/04/2007 1:58 PM
Hume's Ghost said...

The hosts probably are, but it might work on some of the audience.

The full Jefferson quote is:

"Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity. It is the mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus."

Not everyone have become unitarians like Jefferson predicted, but some have.

12/05/2007 12:36 PM

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