James Burgh Quote

If you would have a right to account of things from illiterate people, let them tell their story in their own way; if you put them upon talking according to logical rules, you will confound them.


The Dignity of Human Nature (1754)


If you would have a right to account of things from illiterate people, let them tell their story in their own way; if you put them upon talking...

If you would have a right to account of things from illiterate people, let them tell their story in their own way; if you put them upon talking...

If you would have a right to account of things from illiterate people, let them tell their story in their own way; if you put them upon talking...

If you would have a right to account of things from illiterate people, let them tell their story in their own way; if you put them upon talking...