Quote of Jacques Bénigne Bossuet - The greatest disorder of the mind...

Biography - Jacques Bénigne Bossuet:

French bishop and theologian.
Born: 1627 - Died: 1704
Place of birth: France
France

The greatest disorder of the mind is to believe certain things because we want them to be such and not because we have seen what they are.

Jacques Bénigne Bossuet - Treatise on the Knowledge of God and of Oneself

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Quote source: Treatise on the Knowledge of God and of Oneself

Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica - Œuvres complètes de Bossuet (fr)

Translation

(French, German)

Le plus grand dérèglement de l'esprit, c'est de croire les choses parce qu'on veut qu'elles soient, et non parce qu'on a vu qu'elles sont en effet.

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