John Jewel Quotes

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists.

Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge.

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.

Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

We cannot infer that because sciences of things divine and human are full of controversies and quarrels, therefore their whole subject-matter is uncertain ; for there have been many persons so enamoured of contradiction, as to turn into ridicule geometrical axioms.

The more people are exposed to science, the more we will move away from superstition.

I bought some books in order to learn the first principles of philosophy.

Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self inquiry, insight, intuition, imagination, creativity, free will, is in a way not given any importance, which is the domain of philosophers.

Every branch of human knowledge, if traced up to its source and final principles, vanishes into mystery.

In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us.

I think the philosophy that we don't know as much as we think we know resonates throughout my work.

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.

It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge.

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not.

The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.

Logic is not a body of doctrine, but a mirror-image of the world. Logic is transcendental.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind

Knowledge consists in understanding the evidence that establishes the fact, not in the belief that it is a fact.

In those parts of the world where learning and science have prevailed, miracles have ceased; but in those parts of it as are barbarous and ignorant, miracles are still in vogue.

[Logic and philosophy] were of no use, in the church or the state, in the cloister or the court, in peace or war, at home or abroad or anywhere but in the schools

Science is what you know. Philosophy is what you don't know.

Knowledge is justified belief.