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John Locke
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Section S3
Section 604 of 1,114
Canonical reference B2.C33.S3
English
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This sort of unreasonableness is usually imputed to education and prejudice, and for the most part truly enough, though that reaches not the bottom of the disease, nor shows distinctly enough whence it rises, or wherein it lies. Education is often rightly assigned for the cause, and prejudice is a good general name for the thing itself: but yet, I think, he ought to look a little further, who would trace this sort of madness to the root it springs from, and so explain it, as to show whence this flaw has its original in very sober and rational minds, and wherein it consists.
French
Pierre Coste · Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, 1735, third edition
On eſt accoûtumé d’imputer ce défaut de raiſon, à l’Education & à la force des préjugez ; & ce n’eſt pas ſans ſujet pour l’ordinaire, quoi que cela n’aille pas juſqu’à la racine du mal, & ne montre pas aſſez nettement d’où il vient, & en quoi il conſiſte. On eſt ſouvent très-bien fondé à en attribuer la cauſe à l’Education ; & le terme de Préjugé eſt un mot général très-propre à déſigner la choſe même. Cependant je croi que qui voudra conduire cette eſpèce de folie juſques à ſa ſource, doit porter la vûë un peu plus loin, & en expliquer la nature de telle ſorte qu’il faſſe voir d’où ce mal procede originairement dans des Eſprits fort raiſonnables, & en quoi c’est qu’il conſiſte préciſément.
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