A man of clear ideas errs grievously if he imagines that whatever is s…

John Stuart Mill
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A man of clear ideas errs grievously if he imagines that whatever is seen confusedly does not exist; it belongs to him, when he meets with such a thing, to dispel the midst, and fix the outlines of the vague form which is looming through it. ✨ John Stuart Mill (2008). Utilitarianism and On Liberty: Including 'Essay on Bentham' and Selections from the Writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Austin, p.65, John Wiley & Sons
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