This passage, I do not hesitate to say, is one of the most remarkable in the whole range of philosophical literature, in respect of showing how even the strongest and most candid intellect may have its reasoning faculty impaired by the force of a preformed conviction.
"A Candid Examination of Theism"
George John Romanes
What is surprising is the fact, that in the same writings, and in the course of the same discussion, the fallacy of this very inference is repeatedly pointed out and insisted upon in a great variety of ways; and it has been chiefly for the sake of showing the pernicious influence which preformed opinion may exert-viz.
"A Candid Examination of Theism"
George John Romanes
What shall we say of the despotism of preformed beliefs?
"A Candid Examination of Theism"
George John Romanes