ABSTRACT

There are some who maintain that the knowledge which a man has of himself is more to be trusted than any knowledge which an outsider can obtain concerning him. They say that true comprehension of any matter requires that it should be viewed from within. Those who say this are partly philosophers and partly kindly moralists, urging us not to think ill of our neighbours until we have seen matters from their point of view. On the other hand, practical men of the world always trust the outside judgement more than that from inside. What are we to think in this disagreement?