| | 1 | Author: | Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar  | | | | Published: | 2001 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | Expect from me neither learned declamations nor profound arguments. I am no great philosopher, and give myself but little trouble in regard to becoming such.
Still I perceive sometimes the glimmering of good sense, and have always a regard for the
truth. I will not enter into any disputation, or endeavor to refute you; but only lay down
my own sentiments in simplicity of heart. Consult your own during this recital: this is all
I require of you. If I am mistaken, it is undesignedly, which is sufficient to absolve me of
all criminal error; and if I am right, reason, which is common to us both, shall decide. We
are equally interested in listening to it, and why should not our views agree? | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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