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Aldous Huxley
“Moral education, which ought never, in any circumstances, to be rational.” Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
Jane Austen
“Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.” Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
William James
“It is that our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different.” William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience
Christopher Hitchens
“Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others.” Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian

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