The willingness to indulge in ideological thinking — that is, in thinking that is by definition not one’s own, which is blind to experience and to the contradictions that arise when broader fields of knowledge are consulted — is a capitulation no one should ever make. It is a betrayal of our magnificent minds and of all the splendid resources our culture has prepared for their use.
— Marilynne Robinson in What Are We Doing Here?
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