![]() ![]() ![]() Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.” For that reason, greater caution is called for when dealing with a stupid person than with a malicious one. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here reasons fall on deaf ears facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed – in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical – and when facts are irrefutable they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. One may protest against evil it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. “Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. ![]()
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