“we should be confident in our beliefs, but never certain”

Aeon · Sep 20 · Pigliucci explores Cicero's skepticism as guide to belief

“How tightly should you hold your beliefs? You face the question several times a week without noticing.”

Aeon · Sep 20 · Pigliucci explores Cicero's skepticism as guide to belief

“Hold them too loosely and you don't stand for anything, hold them too tightly and you become the sort of person no argument can reach.”

Aeon · Sep 20 · Pigliucci explores Cicero's skepticism as guide to belief

“a way of holding beliefs that is neither the performed humility of the professional doubter nor the armoured certainty of the person who has 'done their own research'”

Aeon · Sep 20 · Pigliucci explores Cicero's skepticism as guide to belief