§ 6.9 : Of Qualities Useful to Ourselves, Pt. 1
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751)
“He who does not improve his temper together with his understanding, is not much the better for it.”
A Treatise on Self-Knowledge (1745)
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