Carolina QuotesIt is not my place to tell you whether there is indefeasible ignorance of ultimate reality. I am ignorant of whether there is or is not. But you should think of these things because there are no things more important, though there are no questions more difficult or less answerable. But one's whole life may be changed if one changes his mind about these questions.
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Lewis White Beck, " Praise of Ignorance" in Kant's Legacy: Essays in Honor of Lewis White Beck. (Predrag Cicovacki, 2001), Introduction p. XXV from the Kearse Distinguished Lecture, Rochester Institute of Technology, May 2, 1983
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“It is not my place to tell you whether there is indefeasible…” Lewis White Beck. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-930718DCA8. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/930718dca8
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