William Warburton Quotes
Fanaticism is a fire, which heats the mind indeed, but heats without purifying. It stimulates and ferments all the passions; but it rectifies none of them.
Warburton, William. The Doctrine of Grace: or, The Office and Operations of the Holy Spirit Vindicated from the Insults of Infidelity, and the Abuses of Fanaticism. A. Millar, and J. and R. Tonson, 1762.
See {583384} for a good example of the political intellectual process of zealots and ideologues.
Characterizing religious right wing, Jewish, Americans and Israelis:
The origin of the quotation is with Philosopher George Santayana--{634038}
William Warburton was an English writer, literary critic and churchman, Bishop of Gloucester from 1759 until his death. He edited editions of the works of his friend Alexander Pope, and of William Shakespeare.
