"The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin."
Thomas Henry Huxley
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I like to think that the mission of this website is " The improvement of Natural Knowledge" . For my part, knowledge can be improved by giving it structure - showing links between and origins of beliefs . Also by improving its reproducablilty through science.
Mcflewster
Level 8
Nov 24, 2019
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Good quote. I'm a big fan of his grandson's books (Aldous Huxley - [en.wikipedia.org] )
MattHardy
Level 7
Nov 21, 2019
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I am a fan of both . . . . it is interesting to see Aldous Huxley's roots too.
Huxley coined the word agnostic to describe his own belief!
Austin-Cambridge
Level 8
Nov 18, 2019
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He might have coined the phrase, but it was always there. Ps: How do you know that some ' monk ' ( for example ) in some far-off distant land didn't come up with the expression. BobLoblah calls it anti-edumacation.
@ToolGuy According to the OED encyclopedic dictionary it was "coined" by Huxley, I bow to your superior knowledge, if indeed it is? Quote your source please.
@ToolGuy Well, if you trust "some sources" against the OED..............
@ToolGuy I did ask you to quote your sources, some sources is not a valid reply when I have quoted the dictionary from the oldest English speaking university in the world. Are you a Troll?
@ToolGuy No friend of mine, decent and reliable works of reference are though! Off to a good bookshop with you!
@Austin-Cambridge Don't you love it when someone makes a claim and then tells you to support their claim for them?
Wasn't Huxley the one who redefined the term "agnostic'?
Atheist3
Level 7
Nov 17, 2019
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No - he was the one who coined the term.
@Archeus_Lore lol, He redefined the word. An argument from equivocation!
The word agnostic did not exist before him, get it?
[etymonline.com]
@Archeus_Lore Wikipedia 'agnostic theos'. Huxley equivocated the word. It suited his agenda.
Sometimes people are just to way to thick headed . . . . .
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