The fact is that those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn!

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Source: Galen, On the Natural Faculties, Bk. 1, sect. 13; cited from Arthur John Brock (trans.) On the Natural Faculties (London: Heinemann, 1963) p. 57.
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The fact is that those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn!

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