We ought to be able to separate in thought the question of the grounds and evidence for a given dogma being true, from the distinct and purely historic question of the social and intellectual conditions which made men accept it for true.
Morley argues for the separation of the truth of dogmas from the historical conditions that led to their acceptance.
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