"Yes, it is better to watch a man in doubt
and danger, see what he is when all's gone wrong;
for only then will truth come from the heart,
the mask be torn away, the man remain."
[Lucretius, On the Nature of Things, Book III, Lines 55-58]
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"It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
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This post put me in remembrance of "Adventures in Realism." These powerful essays offer a scholarly yet accessible introduction to realism as it has evolved since the 19th century. Literature and Mathematics are my two passions.
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