On sophistical argumentation
45:3
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Your desire, however, that I should dispatch to you my own writings does not make me think myself learned, any more than a request for my picture would flatter my beauty.
I know that it is due to your charity rather than to your judgment.
And even if it is the result of judgment, it was charity that forced the judgment upon you.
Book: Moral Letters Vol I
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On sophistical argumentation
Location: Chapter 45, Section 3
Content:
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Your desire, however, that I should dispatch to you my own writings does not make me think myself learned, any more than a request for my picture would flatter my beauty.
I know that it is due to your charity rather than to your judgment.
And even if it is the result of judgment, it was charity that forced the judgment upon you.