De omnibus dubitandum: doubt everything
At the core of Marx’s revolutionary perspective was his profoundly anti-authoritarian stance towards all that went before him. *No one* was spared critique, even those he in many ways identified with and learned from philosophically and politically. Thus, his favorite motto: ‘De omnibus dubitandum’ (’doubt everything’). This was Marx’s standpoint — without which a thorough-going critique of political economy would not have been possible…”
Taken from here.
A worthy motto. Be critical of what you learnt, and never take something at face value. Sadly its easier said than done. But something worth aspiring to nonetheless.
