against fanaticism

"Rational, secular intellectuals are not notably quick to take offense. Like Karl Popper, they tend to believe that: I must teach myself to distrust that dangerous intuitive feeling or conviction that it is I who am right. I must distrust this feeling however strong it may be. Indeed, the stronger it is, the greater is the danger that I may deceive myself; and, with it, the danger that I may become an intolerant fanatic."

(J.M. Coetzee)
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