You Are Metaphysicians

You are metaphysicians. You can prove anything by metaphysics; and having done so, every metaphysician can prove every other metaphysician wrong—to his own satisfaction. You are anarchists in the realm of thought. And you are mad cosmos-makers.

Ernest Everhard The Iron Heel (1908) by Jack London

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Context: At a dinner party, Ernest tells a table of clergymen what is wrong with their way of thinking.

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Source: Chapter I

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