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RuleAttested · Russell

The liberal decalogue

Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.

In 1951 published ten rules of intellectual conduct, written as a decalogue so they would be remembered. They bear not on what to believe but on how to believe: proportion your confidence to your reasons, prefer intelligent dissent to passive agreement, never win by authority what you can win by argument. It is turned into a daily hygiene, useful to anyone who argues, teaches, decides or publishes.

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Source: Russell