misology, n.Definitions

Misology (n.) or ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠hatred of reason afflicts most those most practised in reason, who end by envying the common people that live by instinct.

Misology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠hatred of reasonable discourse, the greatest evil one can suffer, and it arises in the same way as misanthropy.

Misology (n.) dressed ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as method is the naturalist's claim that common sense settles the sublime questions better than science — like judging the size of the moon more surely by eye than by mathematical rigmarole.

Misology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠shifting the blame: the unskilled reasoner, distressed, blames the arguments instead of himself, and spends his life hating discussion, deprived of truth.

Misology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠thinking that despairs of resolving its own contradictions and turns polemically against itself — as when immediate knowing is declared the only form of truth.

Misology (n.) among ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠some pious people, their hatred of reason, at least betrayed a bad intellectual conscience, and one could be well disposed to them for that.

Misology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠hatred of reason in the man who never tastes learning: his love of learning grows deaf and blind, and he bulls through everything by force like a wild animal.