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Quotes from Why I am Not a Believer — Carl Van Doren

1885–1950 United States

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I perceive that the race of men, while sheep in credulity, are wolves for conformity.

Why I am Not a Believer (1926)

Whoever says he knows that immortality is a fact is merely hoping that it is.

Why I am Not a Believer (1926)

There is no trustworthy evidence as to a god's absolute existence.

Why I am Not a Believer (1926)

Though he knows that knowledge is imperfect, he trusts it alone. If he takes, therefore, the less delight in metaphysics, he takes the more in physics.

Why I am Not a Believer (1926)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Carl Van Doren (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.