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Jeffrey Tucker Quotes: The goal of intellectual life should be to see and understand what is true, not merely to adhere to a prevailing orthodoxy.
         

The goal of intellectual life should be to see and understand what is true, not merely to adhere to a prevailing orthodoxy.


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This page presents the quote "The goal of intellectual life should be to see and understand what is true, not merely to adhere to a prevailing orthodoxy.". Author of this quote is Jeffrey Tucker. This quote is about self-knowledge, intelligence, liberty, indoctrination, rationality, freedom, critical-thinking,.