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Literature & philosophy

Till this moment, I never knew myself.

Elizabeth Bennet in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, chapter 36, confronting how her earlier judgments were shaped by vanity and prejudice.

An example

Imagine you interpret a brief reply as dislike, then learn the sender was answering between appointments. The new information gives you another possible explanation; it does not prove either story.

Try it

Describe one judgment as “My current interpretation is…” and name what evidence could revise it.

More context

Elizabeth Bennet in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, chapter 36, confronting how her earlier judgments were shaped by vanity and prejudice.

Sources & further reading

Jane Austen · Pride and Prejudice

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