{"id":7123,"date":"2025-07-28T04:37:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T04:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fraglen.com\/?p=7123"},"modified":"2025-07-28T04:37:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T04:37:03","slug":"devoid-of-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fraglen.com\/?p=7123","title":{"rendered":"Devoid of Reason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7124\" src=\"https:\/\/fraglen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/blog-for-july-2025-Devoid-of-reason-d5js9f3-aeaacc00-31e6-4f5b-948d-ec54751acb71-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"537\" height=\"729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fraglen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/blog-for-july-2025-Devoid-of-reason-d5js9f3-aeaacc00-31e6-4f5b-948d-ec54751acb71-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/fraglen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/blog-for-july-2025-Devoid-of-reason-d5js9f3-aeaacc00-31e6-4f5b-948d-ec54751acb71.jpg 737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><br \/>\nWhat inconceivable madness! For it is not enough to call an opinion<br \/>\n\u201cfoolishness\u201d when it is utterly devoid of reason.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher<br \/>\nDe Divinatione [On Divination], Book 2, ch. 43 (2.43) \/ sec. 90 (44 BC)<br \/>\n[tr. Falconer (1923)]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; What inconceivable madness! For it is not enough to call an opinion \u201cfoolishness\u201d when it is utterly devoid of reason. &nbsp; Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher De Divinatione [On Divination], Book 2, ch. 43 (2.43) \/ sec. 90 (44 BC) [tr. 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