Still, instead of trusting what their own minds tell them, men have as…

Arthur Schopenhauer
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Still, instead of trusting what their own minds tell them, men have as a rule a weakness for trusting others who pretend to supernatural sources of knowledge. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). Religion, a Dialogue, Etc: Top of Schopenhauer, p.53, 谷月社
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Still, instead of trusting what their own minds tell them, men have as a rule a weakness for trusting others who pretend to supernatural sources of knowledge. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). Religion, a Dialogue, Etc: Top of Schopenhauer, p.53, 谷月社

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