Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

Let's finish the week off with a quote from Voltaire:

"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."

I like this quote because Voltaire, very clearly, reminds us that extreme positions are untenable and... absurd.

Voltaire is the pen name of François Marie Arouet. A French author and philosopher whose 18th century writings are some of best of the Enlightenment. He is most famous for writing Candide, a story of a hopeless optimist.

You can download and read many of Volatire's writings at Project Gutenberg. His Dictionary of Philosophy is available from Hanover College's website..