Steelman Quotes

“let your aim be to come at truth, not to conquer your opponent. So you never shall be at a loss in losing the argument, and gaining a new discovery.”
― James Burgh, The Dignity of Human Nature, or a Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for Attaining the True End of Our Existence, Vol. 1: In Four Books

“In disputes upon moral or scientific points, ever let your aim be to come at truth, not to conquer your opponent: so you never shall be at a loss in losing the argument, and gaining a new discovery.”
― James Burgh, The Dignity of Human Nature ; Or, a Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for Attaining the True End of Our Existence: Of Knowledge