It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground… — Bertrand Russell · Skopia

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It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true.

Bertrand Russell

1928

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Unfounded beliefs Beliefs

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Precepts and axioms

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Philosophical literature

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Bertrand Russell

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Russell, Bertrand. "On the Value of Skepticism." Sceptical Essays. George Allen and Unwin Ltd./W. W. Norton & Company, 1928.

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