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Peter Abelard Quotes: By doubting we are led to enquire, and by enquiry we perceive the truth.
         

By doubting we are led to enquire, and by enquiry we perceive the truth.


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It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth.

It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth.



The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.

The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.



Nothing can be believed unless it is first understood; and that for any one to preach to others that which either he has not understood nor they have understood is absurd.

Nothing can be believed unless it is first understood; and that for any one to preach to others that which either he has not understood nor they have understood is absurd.



Logic has made me hated in the world.

Logic has made me hated in the world.



By doubting we come to questioning, and by questioning we perceive the truth.

By doubting we come to questioning, and by questioning we perceive the truth.



Be precise in the use of words and expect precision from others

Be precise in the use of words and expect precision from others



Language is generated by the intellect and generates the intellect.

Language is generated by the intellect and generates the intellect.



The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.

The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.



The first key to wisdom is assiduous and frequent questioning.

The first key to wisdom is assiduous and frequent questioning.



I preferred the weapons of dialectic to all the other teachings of philosophy, and armed with these, I chose the conflicts of disputation rather than the trophies of war.

I preferred the weapons of dialectic to all the other teachings of philosophy, and armed with these, I chose the conflicts of disputation rather than the trophies of war.





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