David L. Norton: Person

David L. Norton was American philosopher. Explore interesting quotes on person.
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“Concerning the truth at hand he (Socrates) was saying, yes, surely, it is a truth a reason or a truth of fact, but before I offer it I must discover whether it is a personal truth and a part of myself, for otherwise I must leave its enunciation to others.”

David L. Norton

Source: Personal Destinies: A Philosophy of Ethical Individualism (1976), pp. 7-8

Truth , Parting , Personality

“There are most certainly two distinguishable kinds of truths, “truths of reason” (that two plus two equals four) and “truths of fact” (that the sky appears blue). By his resort to his daimon Socrates added the class of “truths of self,” personal truths.”

David L. Norton

Source: Personal Destinies: A Philosophy of Ethical Individualism (1976), p. 7

Truth , Appearance , Personality

“According to self-actualization ethics, it is every person’s primary responsibility first to discover the daimon within him and thereafter to live in accordance with it.”

David L. Norton

Source: Personal Destinies: A Philosophy of Ethical Individualism (1976), p. 16

Personality