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POSITIVISM, n. A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its longest exponent is Comte, its broadest Mill and its thickest Spencer.
Ambrose Bierce
Ignorance
Knowledge
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The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
— Ambrose Bierce
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PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile.
— Ambrose Bierce
Pessimism
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A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
— Ambrose Bierce
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hope
PLATONIC, adj. Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates. Platonic Love is a fool's name for the affection between a disability and a frost.
— Ambrose Bierce
Affection
Disability
Love
