Marks the triumph of status quo

Psychological vindication of such a doctrine

Answered by assertion of the dogmatic character of popular belief

And the pernicious social influence of its priests

The root idea of the defenders of a dual doctrine

Thesis of the present chapter, against that idea

Examination of some of the pleas for error

I. That a false opinion may be clothed with good associations

II. That all minds are not open to reason

III. That a false opinion, considered in relation to the general