Post APCu07gCVTdI5mM94q by tomstoneham@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #APCjosd97VfWgsvaEq by snowden@social.jesuislibre.net
       2022-11-02T20:35:02Z
       
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       Skepticism is a virtue, cynicism is a vice.
       
 (DIR) Post #APCu07gCVTdI5mM94q by tomstoneham@mastodon.social
       2022-11-02T21:13:28Z
       
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       @snowden Hmmmm ... If you actually mean the philosophical doctrines rather than popular misconceptions, it is the other way around. Both are opposed to dogmatism, but scepticism offers paralysis, cynicism a vision of autonomy which was so radical that even the name 'cynic' is a slur.