"Whatever the intellectual is too certain of, if he is healthily playful, he begins to find unsatisfactory. The meaning of his intellectual life lies not in the possession of truth but in the quest for new uncertainties."

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Source : Richard Hofstadter (2012). “Anti-Intellectualism in American Life”, p.30, Vintage

Richard Hofstadter

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