The goal of intellectual life should be to see and understand what is true, not merely to adhere to a prevailing orthodoxy. (Jeffrey Tucker)

The goal of intellectual life should be to see and understand what is true, not merely to adhere to a prevailing orthodoxy.

Jeffrey Tucker

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