It is only because the majority opinion will always be opposed by some that our knowledge and understanding progress. In the process by which opinion is formed, it is very probable that, by the time any view becomes a majority view, it is no longer the best view: somebody will already have advanced beyond the point which the majority have reached. It is because we do not yet which of the many competing new opinions will prove itself the best that we wait until it has gained sufficient support.
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Disapproval is a very important factor in all progress. There has really never been any progress without it.
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Life is simply the reification of the process of living.
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To get into the best society nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people.
