Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
读时不可存心诘难读者,不可
上所言,亦不可只
寻章摘句,而应推敲 细思。
Instinct, intuition, or insight is what first leads to the beliefs which subsequent reason confirms or confutes; but the confirmation, where it is possible, consists, in the last analysis, of agreement with other beliefs no less instinctive.
、直觉或洞察力首先导致随后的理性证实或反驳的
念; 但归根结底, 在可
的情况下, 确认包括与其他同样
的
念的一致。