كم مرة نخالف في مسار حياتنا كلّه قواعدَ العقل الصحيحة! فالعقل في ذاته صادقٌ عادل، أما عقل كل فرد على حدة فضعيفٌ مترددٌ، تُقلّبه مصالحه وأهواؤه ورذائله بلا انقطاع.
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“How often do we contradict the right rules of reason in the whole course of our lives! Reason itself is true and just, but the reason of every particular man is weak and wavering, perpetually swayed and turned by his interests, his passions, and his vices.”Jonathan Swift — The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes (1761)
