Catharine Trotter Cockburn Quotes on Truth
Catharine Trotter Cockburn was an English moral philosopher, essayist, and dramatist and one of the most accomplished women philosophers of the early eighteenth century. This page collects quotes attributed to Catharine Trotter Cockburn on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Catharine Trotter Cockburn:
“Reason is the criterion that distinguishes virtue from vice.”
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Attributed to Catharine Trotter Cockburn:
“The fitness of things is the foundation of moral truth.”
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Attributed to Catharine Trotter Cockburn:
“Mr. Locke deserves a defense, however little he asked for one.”
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Attributed to Catharine Trotter Cockburn:
“Conscience is the inner court before which we are always tried.”