Accept Truth and Source

From Weekly I/O#93


"Accept the truth from whatever source it comes." — Maimonides

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Recently, I've caught myself unfairly dismissing certain opinions solely because of my preconceptions about the people expressing them. Similarly, I’ve also noticed that when someone I admire states an opinion, I sometimes accept it at face value without independently evaluating it.

This line from Rabbi and philosopher Maimonides in the Shemonah Perakim serves as a reminder and also brings to mind the Three Attribution Traps I wrote before.


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