“ A man, who is free from mistakes, can pretend to no praises, except from the justness of his understanding ”
David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature (1738). copy citation
Author | David Hume |
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Source | A Treatise of Human Nature |
Topic | praise mistake |
Date | 1738 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4705/4705-h/4705-h.htm |
Context
“There is nothing I would more willingly lay hold of, than an opportunity of confessing my errors; and should esteem such a return to truth and reason to be more honourable than the most unerring judgment. A man, who is free from mistakes, can pretend to no praises, except from the justness of his understanding: But a man, who corrects his mistakes, shews at once the justness of his understanding, and the candour and ingenuity of his temper. I have not yet been so fortunate as to discover any very considerable mistakes in the reasonings delivered in the preceding volumes, except on one article:”
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