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Skepticism Quotes - Page 2

Skepticism is unbelief in cause and effect.

Skepticism is unbelief in cause and effect.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Essays and English Traits by Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. V (in 51 Volumes)”, p.294, Cosimo, Inc.

Consensus is invoked only in situations where the science is not solid enough.

"Aliens Cause Global Warming". Caltech Michelin Lecture, January 17, 2003.

It is at the cross-roads that skepticism is born, not in a hermitage.

Walter Lippmann (1932). “The Stakes of Diplomacy”, p.51, Transaction Publishers

There is no better soporific and sedative than skepticism.

Friedrich Nietzsche (2016). “BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL - Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future: The Critique of the Traditional Morality and the Philosophy of the Past”, p.76, e-artnow

Skepticism is the elegance of anxiety.

Emile M. Cioran (1999). “All Gall is Divided: Gnomes and Apothegms”, p.19, Arcade Publishing