To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

与一个已经放弃理性的使用和权威的人争论，就像给死人用药一样。

-- Thomas Paine 托马斯·潘恩