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Posted by James M. Unger on January 30, 19101 at 10:33:55:
I would greatly appreciate istance in locating the source of the following quotation attributed to Goethe: "A false hypothesis is better than none at all. The fact that it is false does not matter so much. However, if it takes root, if it is generally umed, if it becomes a kind of credo admitting no doubt or scrutiny--that is the real evil, one which has endured through the centuries." I have tried searching the web in English and German without success; a friend who owns a copy of the maxims has also been unable to find these words. Could this be a false attribution?
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