Summary of Alan Jacobs's How to Think

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#1 Phelps-Roper continued to go picketing with the other members of Westboro, but she stopped carrying the DEATH PENALTY FOR FAGS signs. She began to distance herself from the church, and eventually ended her correspondence with Abitbol.

#2 The Enlightenment’s rallying cry is Sapere aude, or dare to think, and this is often represented by the story of a community that provides security in exchange for thought, and the courageous member of that community who, daring to think, sacrifices the security.

#3 When we believe something to be true, we tend to see the process of arriving at it as clear and objective, and we can achieve it on our own. But when we hold that a given notion is false, we usually attribute belief in it to some unfortunate wrong turning, like being tempted into the oven by a wicked witch.

#4 John Stuart Mill, an English philosopher and religious skeptic, was raised by his father to be a test case for his belief that children are capable of learning far more than most people believe. He was raised without any signs of tenderness, and after experiencing a crisis in his mental history at age 20, he realized that the end did not charm him anymore.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822506411

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Phelps-Roper continued to go picketing with the other members of Westboro, but she stopped carrying the DEATH PENALTY FOR FAGS signs. She began to distance herself from the church, and eventually ended her correspondence with Abitbol.

#2

The Enlightenment’s rallying cry is Sapere aude, or dare to think, and this is often represented by the story of a community that provides security in exchange for thought, and the courageous member of that community who, daring to think, sacrifices the security.

#3

When we believe something to be true, we tend to see the process of arriving at it as clear and objective, and we can achieve it on our