Agnosticism is not properly described as a negative creed, nor indeed …

Thomas Huxley
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Agnosticism is not properly described as a negative creed, nor indeed as a creed of any kind, except in so far as it expresses absolute faith in the validity of a principle which is as much ethical as intellectual. ✨ Thomas Henry Huxley (2012). Lectures and Essays, p.247, tredition
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