I decided to cease in trusting anything reflexively. It was then, that all the rest of my heroes fell. The Trivium and Quadrivium seem to be a solid method for finding truth. I've even found attempted corruptions of these, Plato, the Neo-platonists, and the Prussian school among them. Check out 'The Addresses to the German Nation'. Here is a very good discussion of this and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGfyRdVQhYo