I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm not quite pompous enough to think of myself as an educator or a man capable of definitive refutation of falsehoods.
Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.
I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Never question the relevance of truth, but always question the truth of relevance.
It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.
By doubting we are led to question, by questioning we arrive at the truth.
Philosophy has to be enquiring; it can take nothing on faith, and its methods are based not on the blind acceptance of authority, but on establishing truths by reason and argument.