Thursday, November 23, 2023

The struggle between 'for' and 'against' is the mind's worst disease

Sēngcàn (Seng-ts'an), quoted by Jonathan Haidt in The moral roots of liberals and conservatives, TED2008, 15:28 

From Haidt's talk

If you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be 'for' or 'against.' The struggle between 'for' and 'against' is the mind's worst disease.


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