Thomas Jefferson on Epistemology
Browse 2 quotations attributed to Thomas Jefferson, catalogued under Epistemology, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Thomas Jefferson, entry #174: "A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading King Lear, than by all the dry volumes of ethics, and divinity,…"
Attributed to Thomas Jefferson, entry #180: "Truth will do well enough if left to shift for herself. She seldom has received much aid from the power of great men to whom she is rarely known & seldom welcome. She has no need …"
2 Quotes by Thomas Jefferson on Epistemology
"A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading King Lear, than by all the dry volumes of ethics, and divinity, that ever were written."
"Truth will do well enough if left to shift for herself. She seldom has received much aid from the power of great men to whom she is rarely known & seldom welcome. She has no need of force to procure entrance into the minds of men. Error indeed has often prevailed by the assistance of power or force. Truth is the proper & sufficient antagonist to error."