Romain RollandDiscussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it.
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Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it. The claim of the person in the quote is that he knows the truth and he is not seeking it. Similar to this is what many people do when they talk politics and religion: they tell people that their beliefs are the only right ones and that there is no other way to think about things. Often times, these “true believers” describe things in such a way that no one else can see them for what they are. They are not open to any debate or discussion, because, in their minds, they already know the truth.
Source: Above The Battle
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