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A quotation from Joubert, Joseph

The end of an argument or discussion should be, not victory, but enlightenment.

Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French moralist
Pensées [Thoughts] (1838) [tr. Collins (1928)]

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Pensées [Thoughts] (1838) [tr. Collins (1928)] - Joubert, Joseph | WIST Quotations

The end of an argument or discussion should be, not victory, but enlightenment. Alternate translation: The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. [tr. Lyttelton (1899)]

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