12.04
I have often wonder'd how it comes to pass, that every Body should love themselves best, and yet value their Neighbours Opinion about themselves , more than their own. Therefore if any God, or Eminent Instructor in Philosophy , should stand at a Man's Elbow, and Order him to turn his inside outwards, and publish every Thought and Fancy, as fast as as they came into his Head, he'd think it a hard Chapter, and not submit so much as to a Days Discipline. Thus we stand more in awe of Fame, than Conscience , and regard other Peoples Judgments above our own!