Credulity
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| - | ''[[The Conjurer]]'' by [[Hieronymous Bosch]] paints a scene of a Renaissance [[mountebank]] fleecing [[credulous]] [[gambler]]s. | + | "Many others have likewise presented us with their own [[travel]]s and [[peregrination]]s, where they tell us of wondrous large beasts, savage men, and unheard-of ways of living. The great leader and master of all this [[Rodomontade |rhodomontade]] is Homer’s “[[Ulysses]],” who talks to [[Alcinous]] about the winds pent up in bags, [[man-eater]]s, and one-eyed [[Cyclops]], [[wild men]], creatures with many heads, several of his companions turned into beasts by enchantment, and a thousand things of this kind, which he related to the ignorant and [[credulous]] [[Scheria|Phæacians]]." --''[[A True Story]]'' by Lucian, Thomas Francklin translation |
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| '''Credulity''' is a state of willingness to believe in one or many people or things in the absence of reasonable proof or knowledge. | '''Credulity''' is a state of willingness to believe in one or many people or things in the absence of reasonable proof or knowledge. | ||
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"Many others have likewise presented us with their own travels and peregrinations, where they tell us of wondrous large beasts, savage men, and unheard-of ways of living. The great leader and master of all this rhodomontade is Homer’s “Ulysses,” who talks to Alcinous about the winds pent up in bags, man-eaters, and one-eyed Cyclops, wild men, creatures with many heads, several of his companions turned into beasts by enchantment, and a thousand things of this kind, which he related to the ignorant and credulous Phæacians." --A True Story by Lucian, Thomas Francklin translation |
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Credulity is a state of willingness to believe in one or many people or things in the absence of reasonable proof or knowledge.
Credulity is not simply belief in something that may be false. The subject of the belief may even be correct, but a credulous person will believe it without good evidence.
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