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Knowing other nations' customs helps us judge our own and not dismiss different customs as irrational
Drawn from what René Descartes said
What René Descartes actually said
- René Descartes French philosopher and mathematician (1596 to 1650)
It is useful to know something of the manners of different nations, that we may be enabled to form a more correct judgment regarding our own, and be prevented from thinking that everything contrary to our customs is ridiculous and irrational, a conclusion usually come to by those whose experience has been limited to their own country.
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↗Discourse on the Method (tr. John Veitch, 1850)gutenberg.org
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