Human, All Too Human, Part 53 summary
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In 53, the speaker challenges the inference that sincere opposition, strong belief, or sacrifice establishes the truth of a claim. He traces this mistake to a desire for justice, then rejects any necessary connection between moral conduct and intellectual insight because eternal justice does not exist.
What happens
- The speaker identifies an error: treating someone's sincere and open opposition as proof that their words are true.
- He gives examples of children trusting elders and Christians trusting the church's founder.
- People resist treating beliefs that inspire sacrifice as delusions and instead assign them some degree of truth.
- A sensitive person treats sacrifice for false belief as unjust and therefore links moral worth to intellectual insight.
- The speaker rejects that link and denies the existence of eternal justice.
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