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Quote Author: Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury – ‘How comes it to pass then th…
‘How comes it to pass then that we appear such cowards in reasoning and are so afraid to stand the test of ridicule?’
Quote Author: Shaftesbury
Quote Genre: Reason
Shaftesbury – ‘T was the saying of an ancie…
‘T was the saying of an ancient sage (Gorgias Leontinus apud Aristotles Rhetoric lib. iii. c. 18) that humour was the only test of gravity and gravity of humour. For a subject which would not bear raillery was suspicious; and … Continue reading
Quote Author: Shaftesbury
Quote Genre: Unsorted