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Full Idea
To seek wisdom rather than truth. It is more within our grasp.
Gist of Idea
Seek wisdom rather than truth; it is easier
Source
Joseph Joubert (Notebooks [1800], 1797)
Book Ref
Joubert,Joseph: 'Notebooks', ed/tr. Auster,Paul [nyrb 2005], p.27
A Reaction
A nice challenge to the traditional goal of philosophy. The idea that we should 'seek truth' only seems to have emerged during the Reformation. The Greeks may well never have dreamed of such a thing.