5 great thinkers who rejected their own ideas

sciart0
Sep 30
1 min read

Philosophers rarely change their minds. These thinkers did — often at social and professional cost.

Excerpt: '"Philosophy often glorifies the builders of grand systems — the bold architects of thought who draw sweeping maps of reality.

Yet no less worthy are the moments of self-correction, when a thinker dares to undo what once seemed certain.

Conviction is not stubbornness.

The greater strength lies in saying: “I have learned something that overturns my earlier belief, and I choose truth over pride.”'

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