Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; but to weigh and consider.”
- Source
- Of Studies
- Date
- 1625
Meaning of “Read not to contradict and confute; nor to…”
Reading is presented as examination rather than ammunition or passive acceptance, making judgment part of the act of study.
Where does it come from?
Of Studies; the sentence is shortened by omitting Bacon’s middle clause about talk and discourse.
