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Quote from Peter Abelard,


"The key to wisdom is this --
constant and frequent questioning ...
for by doubting we are led to question and
by questioning we arrive at the truth."


By:

Peter Abelard (more quotes by Peter Abelard or books by/about Peter Abelard)


(1099-1142) medieval French scholastic philosopher, leading logician, theologian, teacher, musician, composer, poet

Source:

Sic et non, c. 1120

Categories:

Faith, Individualism, Knowledge, Learning, Perseverance, Reason, Restraint, Truth, Wisdom, Skepticism

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