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| | Peter Suber, "Classical Skepticism" |
 | | Stupidity or intellectual dishonesty, the skeptic's charge against the dogmatic person of action may be balanced by the dogmatist's counter-charge, for example in the words of Edmund Burke, that all that is required for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. |
 | | Skeptics allow themselves to be guided by (1) the forces of nature, and (2) the feelings of the affections, both of which are beyond their control, as well as by (3) the traditions of laws and customs in their locale, and by (4) the accumulated practical wisdom on how best to accomplish certain ends. |
 | | More important than this reminder is her challenge to all dogmatism philosophical, religious, scientific, political, and the ordinary dogmatism of social life and common sense. |
| www.earlham.edu /suber/writing/skept.htm (15610 words) |
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