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The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it, seems to me the deepest root of all that is evil in the world.

— Max Born Natural Philosophy of Cause and Chance (1949)

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(these could be paraphrases or differing translations): The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it seems to me the deepest root of all evil that is in the world. The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world.

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