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Thus a public can only attain enlightenment slowly. Perhaps a revolution can overthrow autocratic despotism and profiteering or power-grabbing oppression, but it can never truly reform a manner of thinking; instead, new prejudices, just like the old ones they replace, will serve as a leash for the great unthinking mass.
For even among the entrenched guardians of the great masses a few will always think for themselves, a few who, after having themselves thrown off the yoke of immaturity, will spread the spirit of a rational appreciation for both their own worth and for each person's calling to think for himself…(Kant)

Professor - We live in an incredible world with many different beliefs. Most were given to us by the time we were five. From that point we began not only to question it, but also to fashion it, and at the same time to make it fit the way we speak, act and live, because, we are what you call unique. By the time we have gone through adolescence, most likely we will have decided to keep that belief system for the rest of our lives, maybe only making it more conservative as we become wiser. Yet each individual knows that the world is very complex, and we continue to grow and learn from year to year, as technology proves it. Therefore although with convictions, we know that there will be things that must be added to that belief system; amendments made to it, rather than challenged; perpetuating it instead of creating a new one every time an astounding piece of information comes about.
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