Frases de Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3er conde de Shaftesbury

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3.er conde de Shaftesbury , fue un político, filósofo y escritor inglés, perteneciente a la escuela neoplatónica de Cambridge. Wikipedia  

✵ 26. febrero 1671 – 4. febrero 1713
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Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3er conde de Shaftesbury: Frases en inglés

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

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

“How comes it to pass then, that we appear such Cowards in reasoning, and are so afraid to stand the Test of Ridicule?”

Vol. 1, p. 11; "A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm".
Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711)

“Through certain humors or passions, and from temper merely, a man may be completely miserable, let his outward circumstances be ever so fortunate.”

As quoted in Day's Collacon : An Encyclopaedia of Prose Quotations: (1884), p. 930; Actual quote: "That thro certain Humours or Passions, and from Temper merely, a Man may be completely miserable ; let his outward Circumstances be ever so fortunate." An inquiry concerning virtue, or merit, p. 52.