For such is man: a Theological Dogma might be refuted to him a thousand times - provided however, that he had need of it, he would again and again accept it as true. Belief is always most desired, most pressingly needed where there is a lack of will. Fanaticism is the sole 'volitional strength' to which the weak and irresolute can be excited, as a sort of hypnotising of the entire sensory-intellectual system.