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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury1671–1713

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury on thinking

‘Tis the hardest thing in the world to be a good Thinker, without being a strong Self-Examiner.

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury

Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711), Vol. 1, p. 92; “Soliloquy: or Advice to an Author”.

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