Men are to be estimated, not from what they know, but from … - Adam Ferguson

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Men are to be estimated, not from what they know, but from what they are able to perform.

Adam Ferguson

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Adam Ferguson (June 20, 1723 – 22 February 1816) was a Scottish moral philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment.

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Alternative Names: Ferguson of Raith • Adam Fergusson • Gentleman in the country

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The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human affairs have had a beginning.

Theory consists in referring particular operations to the principles, or general laws, under which they are comprehended; or in referring particular effects to the causes from which they proceed.

The attainments of the parent do not descend in the blood of his children, nor is the progress of man to be considered as a physical mutation of the species.

Men are to be estimated, not from what they know, but from what they are able to perform. - Adam Ferguson

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