Maxims and Reflections

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There are few things of greater advantage than learning to appreciate the strong points of your opponents.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Topic

Making arguments Empathy Open-mindedness

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Source

Maxims and Reflections

Language

German

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Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Maxim no. 396. c. 1832.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Maxims and Reflections, translated by Elizabeth Stopp, edited by Peter Hutchinson. Penguin Books, 2005, no. 396.