Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes


True philosophy is that which renders us to ourselves, and all others who surround us, better, and at the same time more content, more patient, more calm and more ready for all decent and pure enjoyment.


Citations

Lavater, Johann Caspar. Secret Journal of a Self-Observer. Translated by Peter Will, Vol. 2, T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1795, p. 30.

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Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann Kaspar Lavater
  • Born: November 15, 1741
  • Died: January 2, 1801
  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Theologian

Johann Kaspar (or Caspar) Lavater was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian.