2021-09-16 | By middleeastmonitor | 41 Hits

Reading the reflections of one of Israel39s most celebrated contemporary public intellectuals on the apparently neverending occupation of Palestine I was reminded of an old saying about the nature of truth 34All truth passes through three stages First it is ridiculed Second it is violently opposed Third it is accepted as being selfevident34 When the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer made this observation some 170 years ago he had in mind historical figures like Galileo 15641642 The astronomer was persecuted for advocating the C >>READ MORE