There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified, and new prejudices to be opposed.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Every generation faces new mistakes and biases that need correcting and opposing.
- In plain terms
- Each age has new wrong ideas and biases that need to be fixed.
- What can you take from it?
- Stay alert to new errors in every era.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What new biases exist today?
- How do you spot errors in your time?
Another view
It assumes new errors are always identifiable and correctable by humans.
More from Samuel Johnson
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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