"An unexamined idea, to paraphrase Socrates,is not worth having; and a society whose ideas
are never explored for possible error may
eventually find its foundations insecure."
Friday, October 2, 2009
A Thought for Friday
Today's quotation comes from Mark Van Doren, the American poet, critic, and long-time professor, after whom Columbia University named its annual teaching award:
"An unexamined idea, to paraphrase Socrates,
is not worth having; and a society whose ideas
are never explored for possible error may
eventually find its foundations insecure."
"An unexamined idea, to paraphrase Socrates,is not worth having; and a society whose ideas
are never explored for possible error may
eventually find its foundations insecure."
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