Doubt and skepticism

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A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well.

Gaius Petronius

Satyricon

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Topic

Thinking for oneself Doubt and skepticism Credulity

Author

Gaius Petronius

Source

Satyricon

Medium

Novel

Language

Latin

Time

66 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Petronius. Satyricon, Satyricon liber [The Book of Satyrlike Adventures]. c. 1st century AD, sect. 43.

Current Citation

Petronius. "The Satyricon." The Satyricon and The Apocolocyntosis of the Divine Claudius, translated by J. P. Sullivan. Penguin Classics, 1986, sect. 43.

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.

Orville Wright

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Topic

Credulity Doubt and skepticism

Author

Orville Wright

Source

Letters of Orville Wright

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wright, Orville. "Orville Wright to George A. Spratt, Dayton, Ohio, June 7, 1908." Miracle at Kitty Hawk: The Letters of Wilbur and Orville Wright, edited by Fred. C. Kelly. Da Capo Press, 2002. Originally a letter to George A. Spratt. 7 June 1908.