実際には、極めて些細な意味における場合を除いて、このことはまったく事実ではないように思われる。の英語

In fact, this does not seem to be true at all, except in a very trivial sense.

something which is believed unconditionally despite the fact that there are no real grounds for it

But this claim is emphatically not the one that Dennett is making.

If something doesn't make sense, it probably isn't logical.

What you say is no more than undergraduate theorizing. It is completely unrealistic.

You have good reason to suspect us,―It is true appearances are against us,―but we are innocent.

I need not mention such a patent fact―such a palpable fact―such a glaring fact.

Saying what you think frankly is not a bad thing.

They impute a sinister motive to an innocent action.

The truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it, ignorance may deride it, malice may distort it, but there it is.

To tell the truth, it does not always pay to tell the truth.

So mottainai means "failing to appreciate the real worth of things."

All things considered, we cannot say that it is wrong.

not expressing or given to expressing the truth

at first blush the idea possesses considerable intuitive appeal but on closer examination it fails

Actually that I bring a huge volume of reference material with me is a makeshift way of preventing people from disputing my case.

That statement, I submit, is not in strict accord with the truth.

There is no doubt whatever about it.

It is not said that that is mistaking that every case is thought.

It may sound idealistic, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's unrealistic.

But this is not true.

This story may sound strange, but it's absolutely true.

Though you may be right, you should not put it like that.

There isn't much logic in what you're saying.

A slip of tongue will often lead us to unexpected results.

What people say is not always true.

What people say isn't always true.

That book looks like a fairy-tale, but it is actually deep.

Even if you are in the right, you shouldn't have put it like that.

One is apt to think oneself faultless. State the facts as they are.