Reading An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent | Alexandria
Read An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent by John Henry Newman. Pioneering uncertainty's power, Newman's radical insight flips modern logic: our deepest convictions arise not from pure reason, but from intricate webs of informal proofs we build unconsciously. His "illative sense" reveals how we truly know what we know—through lived experience rather than sterile syllogisms. A startlingly modern take on truth-seeking.