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“Whoever is wise is apt to suspect and be diffident of himself, and upon that account is willing to "hearken unto counsel"; whereas the foolish man, being in proportion to his folly full of himself, and swallowed up in conceit, will seldom take any counsel but his own, and for that very reason, because it is his own.”

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John Balguy

John Balguy was an 18th-century British philosopher, born on August 12, 1686, and died on September 21, 1748. He is known for his contributions to moral and religious philosophy, which have had a lasting impact on subsequent moral philosophy. more

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