《智慧书·第六辑·二五一至三百》第44则
Be moderate in your Views. Every one holds views according to his interest, and imagines he has abundant grounds for them. For with most men judgment has to give way to inclination. It may occur that two may meet with exactly opposite views and yet each thinks to have reason on his side, yet reason is always true to itself and never has two faces. In such a difficulty a prudent man will go to work with care, for his decision of his opponent's view may cast doubt on his own. Place yourself in such a case in the other man's place and then investigate the reasons for his opinion. You will not then condemn him or justify yourself in such a confusing way.
注释摘要
这则格言的西班牙文标题是"Tener tanteada la sindéresis"，英文译本将"sindéresis"译为"views"是一种简化。在十七世纪经院哲学语境中，"sindéresis"指的是灵魂中保存道德第一原则的那个精微官能，即良心的先天气质，引申为一个人对事物作根本判断的那个出发立场。葛拉西安在这里讨论的不是普通意见分歧，而是那种双方都…