Benjamin Whichcote Quotes


If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour's eyes, in his own case; and with his own eyes, in his neighbour's case.


Citations

Whichcote, Benjamin. Moral and Religious Aphorisms. J. Payne, 1753, p. 51.

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Benjamin Whichcote
Benjamin Whichcote
  • Born: May 4, 1609
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Philosopher

Benjamin Whichcote was an English Establishment and Puritan divine, 19th Provost of King's College, Cambridge and leader of the Cambridge Platonists. He held that man is the "child of reason" and so not completely depraved by nature, as Puritans held. He also argued for religious toleration.