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Victor Cousin Quotes on Truth

Victor Cousin was a French philosopher and statesman and the dominant figure of academic philosophy in nineteenth-century France. This page collects quotes attributed to Victor Cousin on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Victor Cousin:

    “The true, the beautiful, and the good are the three faces of the absolute.”

  • Attributed to Victor Cousin:

    “Eclecticism is the philosophy that recognizes truth wherever it appears.”

  • Attributed to Victor Cousin:

    “Philosophy is the daughter of common sense and the mother of clear reasoning.”

  • Attributed to Victor Cousin:

    “Beauty is the splendor of the true.”