@MostlyHarmless Free of Thinking isn’t the same as Free Thinking, it would seem.

It seems to be that we have the political equivalent “why do you keep punching yourself?” Going on.

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A quotation from John Adams

Let the human Mind loose. It must be loose; it will be loose. Superstition and Despotism cannot confine it.

John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1816-11-13) to John Quincy Adams

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/6140/

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A perfect summary.

(Link: https://xcancel.com/JehadAbusalim/status/1954913553955037592)

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A quotation from Moliere

CLÉANTE:These are the arguments of all your kind:
   Since they can’t see, they think that no one ought;
   Whoever does, is tainted with free thought;
   Whoever balks at pious affectation
   Fails to hold piety in veneration.
   Come now, for all your talk, I’m not afraid;
   Heaven sees my heart, and I know what I’ve said.
 
[Voilà de vos pareils le discours ordinaire:
Ils veulent que chacun soit aveugle comme eux;
C’est être libertin que d’avoir de bons yeux;
Et qui n’adore pas de vaines simagrées
N’a ni respect ni foi pour les choses sacrées.
Allez, tous vos discours ne me font point de peur;
Je sais comme je parle, et le ciel voit mon cœur.]

Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L’Imposteur], Act 1, sc. 6 (1669) [tr. Frame (1967), 1.5]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/moliere/77776/

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"Cannabis makes you free. The system makes you a criminal, if you dare to think."* 🧠🌿

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ஒரு கருத்து

பாதிக்கப்படுவது வேறு யாரோ என்றால், எதை வேண்டுமானாலும் கேள்வி கேட்கலாம், எந்த நம்பிக்கையையும் உடைத்து எறியலாம்.

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The Sceptic’s Spectre: Henry Derozio
https://onceinabluemoon2021.in/2024/09/11/the-sceptics-spectre-henry-derozio/

A quotation from Russell, Bertrand:

«
The Ten Commandments that, as a teacher, I should wish to promulgate, might be set forth as follows:

Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light.
Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.
When you meet with oppo…
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/russell-bertrand/70550/

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