Quote of Emanuel Swedenborg - To be able to discern what...
Biography - Emanuel Swedenborg:
Born Emanuel Swedberg. Swedish pluralistic-Christian theologian, scientist, philosopher and mystic.
Born: 1688 - Died: 1772
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: Sweden
Born: 1688 - Died: 1772
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: Sweden
To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes for: truth
Truth prevails only to the extent that we successfully assert it. The victory of reason can only be the victory of rational people.
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.
Quotes about intelligence:
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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