Подорож Гулівера

Chapter 8

           IrememberitwaswithextremedifficultythatIcouldbringmymastertounderstandthemeaningofthewordopinion,orhowapointcouldbedisputable;becausereasontaughtustoaffirmordenyonlywherewearecertain;andbeyondourknowledgewecannotdoeither.Sothatcontroversies,wranglings,disputes,andpositiveness,infalseordubiouspropositions,areevilsunknownamongtheHouyhnhnms.Inthelikemanner,whenIusedtoexplaintohimourseveralsystemsofnaturalphilosophy,hewouldlaugh,"thatacreaturepretendingtoreason,shouldvalueitselfupontheknowledgeofotherpeople’sconjectures,andinthingswherethatknowledge,ifitwerecertain,couldbeofnouse."WhereinheagreedentirelywiththesentimentsofSocrates,asPlatodeliversthem;whichImentionasthehighesthonourIcandothatprinceofphilosophers.Ihaveoftensincereflected,whatdestructionsuchdoctrinewouldmakeinthelibrariesofEurope;andhowmanypathsoffamewouldbethenshutupinthelearnedworld.

           FriendshipandbenevolencearethetwoprincipalvirtuesamongtheHouyhnhnms;andthesenotconfinedtoparticularobjects,butuniversaltothewholerace;forastrangerfromtheremotestpartisequallytreatedwiththenearestneighbour,andwhereverhegoes,looksuponhimselfasathome.Theypreservedecencyandcivilityinthehighestdegrees,butarealtogetherignorantofceremony.Theyhavenofondnessfortheircoltsorfoals,butthecaretheytakeineducatingthemproceedsentirelyfromthedictatesofreason.

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