荒谬
When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken， giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.
It is not the criminal things that are hardest to confess， but the ridiculous and shameful things.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.
It is absurd to say that we have a duty to be benefited.