cords of a priori irrational disbelief) must not cry out at once, “Humbug! falsehood!”, but suspend judgment until he has the necessary experience and knowledge. To deny in ignorance is no better than to affirm in ignorance.Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume I - Part 4
Fragment ID: 10426
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Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar
August 25, 1934
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The abnormal abounds in this physical world; the supernormal is there also. In these matters, apart from any question of faith, any truly rational man with a free mind (not tied up like the rationalist’s or so-called freethinker’s at every point with triple cords of a priori irrational disbelief) must not cry out at once, “Humbug! falsehood!”, but suspend judgment until he has the necessary experience and knowledge. To deny in ignorance is no better than to affirm in ignorance.
1 SABCL, volume 22: the triple
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