If I may, I prefer the fuller version:
″...their judgment was based more upon blind wishing than upon any sound prevision; for it is a habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not fancy.”
Also, dupe: http://lesswrong.com/lw/2ev/rationality_quotes_july_2010/28gb?c=1
Ha—that post refers to Diax’s Rake, which is what happened to spur me to find the Thucydides quote in the first place!
In other news, I’ve invented this incredible device I call a “wheel”.
If I may, I prefer the fuller version:
Also, dupe: http://lesswrong.com/lw/2ev/rationality_quotes_july_2010/28gb?c=1
Ha—that post refers to Diax’s Rake, which is what happened to spur me to find the Thucydides quote in the first place!
In other news, I’ve invented this incredible device I call a “wheel”.