There is no faith, without a critical mind
A man who cannot think is not an educated man however many college degrees he may have acquired.
The critical mind is the creative mind.
You learn that existence is legible but that you have to have a critical mind if you're going to read it.
I am the skeptic of skeptics.
What can the schools do to defend democracy? Should they preach a specific political doctrine? I believe they should not. If they are able to teach young people to have a critical mind and a socially oriented attitude, they will have done all that is necessary.
It's more necessary than ever before to ensure that discernment and the development of a critical mind guide our take on the world and inform our relationship to the media and information.
Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.
Growing up in the place I did I never was aware of any other option but to question everything.
If western culture is shown to be rich, it is because, even before the Enlightenment, it has tried to 'dissolve' harmful simplifications through inquiry and the critical mind.