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Quote from Giordano Bruno,


"It is proof of a base and low mind for one
to wish to think with the masses or majority,
merely because the majority is the majority.
Truth does not change because it is, or is not,
believed by a majority of the people."


By:

Giordano Bruno (more quotes by Giordano Bruno or books by/about Giordano Bruno)


[Iordanus Brunus Nolanus] (1548-1600) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, astrologer

Source:

The Shadows of Ideas, Paris, 1582

Categories:

Deception, Democracy, Diversity, Experimentation, Fear, Independence, Individualism, Learning, Prejudice, Security, Speech, Truth, Wisdom

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