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“Therefore, at the same time that we lie, we are very ready to show how it is demonstrated that lying is wrong.
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From Section LI (Higginson translation) of The Enchiridion. Read the surrounding argument as well as the excerpt; its historical language and philosophical assumptions shape its meaning.
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Source: The Enchiridion , Section LI (Higginson translation)
Edition: Thomas Wentworth Higginson translation · Translated by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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