imputation; for if the sources of pleasure were precisely the same to human beings and to swine, the - John Stuart Mill

Have intercourse with females, acquire wealth.

"Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives...
I never meant to say that the Conservatives are generally stupid. I meant to say that stupid people are generally Conservative. I believe that is so obviously and universally admitted a principle that I hardly think any gentleman will deny it. Suppose any party, in addition to whatever share it may possess of the ability of the community, has nearly the whole of its stupidity, that party must, by the law of its constitution, be the stupidest party; and I do not see why honorable gentlemen should see that position as at all offensive to them, for it ensures their being always an extremely powerful party . . . There is so much dense, solid force in sheer stupidity, that any body of able men with that force pressing behind them may ensure victory in many a struggle, and many a victory the Conservative party has gained through that power."
John Stuart Mill ( British philosopher, economist, and liberal member of Parliament for Westminster from 1865 to 68 )

ولكن متى أصبحت العقيدة تقليدا وراثيا وصار تلقيها عملا سلبيا لا ايجابيا ولم يعد هناك من دافع يحفز الناس إلى اجهاد الفكر فيما تثيره من المشاكل فانهم يجنحون تدريجيا اما الي نسيانها برمتها أو الاكتفاء بالموافقة عليها موافقة عمياء كأن التسليم بها من غير مناقشة يغني عن وجوب ادراكها والتحقق من صحتها بالتجربة والاختبار ويظل هذا شأنها حتى تنفصل عن قلوب اصحابها ، وحينئذ تظهر تلك الحالة الشائعة فنرى العقيدة قد أطبقت على عقل صاحبها كانها غشاء سميك يدفع سائر المؤثرات الخارجية عن الاتصال بمداركه العالية.وينحصر دورها في منع غيرها من العقائد الجديدة الحيوية دون الاتصال به والتأثير فيه، وفي الوقت نفسه لا تعطي العقل أو القلب شيئا من نوره