[lit-ideas] Re: Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
- From: John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Lit-Ideas <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 20:16:48 +0900
Please enlighten. What else did he say?
John
On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 8:09 PM, Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> What would count as being a rational person with no reason to believe?
>> All sorts of otherwise sensible seeming folk believe as a matter of
>> religious faith, while others deny that they have any reason to believe.
>> Who was it who wrote something along the lines of, ''I believe because
>> it is absurd''?
>>
>
> Credo quia absurdum. Tertullian. But he didn't just say that.
>
> Robert Paul
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