The philosophers lay stress on values ; they say that we think certain things good, and that since these things are good, we must be very good to think them so. But this is a circular argument. ... The believers in Cosmic Purpose make much of our supposed intelligence, but their writings make one doubt it.
Source: Religion and Science, 1935, chapt. 8
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