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Anthony Ashley Cooper
(26 Feb 1671 - 15 Feb 1713)
English philosopher and author , whose writings are collected in three volumes, Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711). Ten more editions followed by 1790. After his father’s death in 1699, he became the Third Earl of Shaftesbury.
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Science Quotes by Anthony Ashley Cooper (2 quotes)
For that which can shewn only in a certain Light is questionable. Truth, ’tis suppos’d, may bear all Lights: and one of those principal Lights or natural Mediums, by which Things are to be view’d, in order to a thorow Recognition, is Ridicule it-self.
Also seen in short form: “Ridicule is the test of truth.”
Also seen in short form: “Ridicule is the test of truth.”
— Anthony Ashley Cooper
In 'An Essay on the Freedom of Wit and Humour', Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1723), Vol. 1, 61.
Truth is the most powerful thing in the world, since even fiction itself must be governed by it, and can only please by its resemblance.
— Anthony Ashley Cooper
In 'A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm', Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1723), Vol. 1, 4.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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