First... a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be…

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First... a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to be so important that its adversaries claim that they themselves discovered it. ✨ Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking Lecture 6 (1907)
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