Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what…

Charles Caleb Colton
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Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is false. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1823). Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan, p.102
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