Excerpt from The Dignity of Human Nature, or a Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for Attaining the True End of Our Existence, Vol. 2: In Four Books: I. Of Prudence, II. Of Knowledge, III. Of Virtue, IV. Of Revealed ReligionTo be fufpicious of one's own judgment in an cafes, where it is pofiible to err, and to be can tions of proceeding to too 1't conclufions, is the very character of wifdom. But to doubt, or ta ther pretend to doubt, where reafon fees no ground for doubt, even where the mind difiinétly perceives truth, is endeavouring at a pitch of folly, of which human nature is not capable.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.