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ascribes a statement to an author they approve of, they accept it even though
it is false; whenever someone ascribes it to an author they disapprove of, they
reject it even though it is true. They always make the man the criterion of truth
and not truth the criterion of the man; and that is erroneous in the extreme.
This shows the incorrect tendency to simply reject the ethics of
philosophers.
(b) There is also an incorrect tendency in accepting them. When a man
looks into their books, such as the `Brethren of Purity‟ and others, and sees
how they mingle their teaching with maxims of the prophets and utterances of
mystics, he often approves of these and accepts them, forming a high opinion
of them. Next, however, he readily accepts the falsehood they mix with that,
because of the good opinion resulting from what he noticed and approved.
That is a way of gradually slipping into falsehood.
Because of this tendency, it is necessary to abstain from reading their
books on account of the deception and danger in them. Just as the poor
swimmer must be kept from slippery banks, so must mankind be kept from
it is false; whenever someone ascribes it to an author they disapprove of, they
reject it even though it is true. They always make the man the criterion of truth
and not truth the criterion of the man; and that is erroneous in the extreme.
This shows the incorrect tendency to simply reject the ethics of
philosophers.
(b) There is also an incorrect tendency in accepting them. When a man
looks into their books, such as the `Brethren of Purity‟ and others, and sees
how they mingle their teaching with maxims of the prophets and utterances of
mystics, he often approves of these and accepts them, forming a high opinion
of them. Next, however, he readily accepts the falsehood they mix with that,
because of the good opinion resulting from what he noticed and approved.
That is a way of gradually slipping into falsehood.
Because of this tendency, it is necessary to abstain from reading their
books on account of the deception and danger in them. Just as the poor
swimmer must be kept from slippery banks, so must mankind be kept from