The importance to human life of having true
beliefs about matters of fact is a thing too notorious. We live in a world of
realities that can be infinitely useful or infinitely harmful. Ideas that tell
us which of them to expect count as the true ideas in all this primary sphere
of verification, and the pursuit of such ideas is a primary human duty. The possession
of truth, so far from being here an end in itself, is only a preliminary means
towards other vital satisfactions.
William James –
Pragmatism
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