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Benjamin Whichcote (1609-1683) was an influential philosopher and educator in 17th-century England. His specific profession and career are not well-documented in historical sources.

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“Christ is God clothed with human nature.”

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“Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.”

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Book:Moral and religious aphorisms [collected by J. Jeffery from the papers of B. Whichcote]. Now re-publ., with additions, by S. Salter. To which are added, Eight letters: which passed between dr. Whichcote, and dr. Tuckney

Source: Moral and religious aphorisms [collected by J. Jeffery from the papers of B. Whichcote]. Now re-publ., with additions, by S. Salter. To which are added, Eight letters: which passed between dr. Whichcote, and dr. Tuckney

“The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.”

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Author:Benjamin Whichcote