Intellectual rigour - powerful shield against political correctness and cultural relativism.

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“Even if the wounds of this shattered world enmesh you,

and the sea in turmoil bears you along

in but one surviving ship,

it would still befit you

to maintain your enthusiasm for studies unimpaired.

Why should lasting values tremble

if transient things fall?”
—
Prosper of Aquitaine