What we call human reason, is not the effort or ability of … - Hugh Blair

" "
What we call human reason, is not the effort or ability of one, so much as it is the result of the reason of many, arising from lights mutually communicated, in consequence of discourse and writing.

Hugh Blair

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Hugh Blair

Hugh Blair, FRSE (7 April 1718 – 27 December 1800) was a Scottish minister of religion, author and rhetorician, considered one of the first great theorists of written discourse. As a minister of the Church of Scotland, and occupant of the Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at the University of Edinburgh, Blair's teachings had a great impact in both the spiritual and the secular realms. Best known for Sermons, a five volume endorsement of practical Christian morality, and Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, a prescriptive guide on composition, Blair was a valuable part of the Scottish Enlightenment.

All quotes from Hugh Blair Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Hugh Blair:

Joseph Addison Thomas Carlyle Arthur Schopenhauer William Ellery Channing Matthew Arnold

Additional quotes by Hugh Blair

Embellish truth only with a view to gain it the more full and free admission into your hearer's minds; and your ornaments will, in that case, be simple, masculine, natural.

The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.

Dissimulation in youth is the forerunner of perfidy in old age; its first appearance is the fatal omen of growing depravity and future shame.

What we call human reason, is not the effort or ability of one, so much as it is the result of the reason of many, arising from lights mutually commu… - Hugh Blair

About Hugh Blair

Enhance Your Quote Experience

Additional quotes by Hugh Blair

Unlimited Quote Collections