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is extracted from the snake, the source of the poison, and he requires to be shown the value of the
antidote
despite its source. Likewise, a poor man in need of money, who shrinks from receiving the gold
taken out of
the bag of the counterfeiter, ought to have it brought to his notice that his shrinking is pure
ignorance and is
the cause of his missing the benefit he seeks; he ought to be informed that the closeness of the
counterfeit
to the good coin does not make the good coin counterfeit or the counterfeit good. In
the same way the
proximity between truth and falsehood does not make truth falsehood nor falsehood truth.
This is what we wanted to say about the baneful and mischievous influence of philosophy.
3. The Danger of `Authoritative Instruction’.
By the time I had done away with the science of philosophy, understanding it and marking what was
antidote
despite its source. Likewise, a poor man in need of money, who shrinks from receiving the gold
taken out of
the bag of the counterfeiter, ought to have it brought to his notice that his shrinking is pure
ignorance and is
the cause of his missing the benefit he seeks; he ought to be informed that the closeness of the
counterfeit
to the good coin does not make the good coin counterfeit or the counterfeit good. In
the same way the
proximity between truth and falsehood does not make truth falsehood nor falsehood truth.
This is what we wanted to say about the baneful and mischievous influence of philosophy.
3. The Danger of `Authoritative Instruction’.
By the time I had done away with the science of philosophy, understanding it and marking what was