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John of Salisbury (1120-1180) was an English scholar, theologian, and philosopher. He is considered one of the most important Latin writers of the Middle Ages, known for his work 'The Policraticus'.

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People Men Common Class Physicians Polite Courteous

Author:John of Salisbury

“He who will not when he may, may not when he will.”

May

Author:John of Salisbury

“Between a tyrant and a prince there is this single or chief difference, that the latter obeys the law and rules the people by its dictates, accounting himself as but their servant.”

People Law Differences Chiefs Servant Latter Tyrants Accounting Laws And Rules

Author:John of Salisbury

“Just as the soul animates the body, so, in a way, meaning breathes life into a word.”

Way Soul Body Breathe

Book:The Metalogicon: A Twelfth-century Defense of the Verbal and Logical Arts of the Trivium

Source: The Metalogicon: A Twelfth-century Defense of the Verbal and Logical Arts of the Trivium

“Seeking is a necessary preliminary to finding, and one who cannot endure the hardship of inquiry cannot expect to harvest the fruit of knowledge.”

Findings Fruit Endure Seeking Hardship Harvest Inquiry

Book:The Metalogicon: A Twelfth-century Defense of the Verbal and Logical Arts of the Trivium

Source: The Metalogicon: A Twelfth-century Defense of the Verbal and Logical Arts of the Trivium

“We are like dwarfs sitting on the shoulders of giants. We see more, and things that are more distant, than they did, not because our sight is superior or because we are taller than they, but because they raise us up, and by their great stature add to ours.”

Sitting Sight Raises Add Shoulders Superiors Giants Stature Dwarfs

Author:John of Salisbury

“Verily if with mine own eyes I had seen a priest of God, or any of those who wear the monastic garb, sinning, I would spread my cloak and hide him, that he might not be seen of any.”

Ifs Might Eye Mines Spread Priests Cloaks Sinning

Book:The statesman's book of John of Salisbury: being the fourth, fifth, and sixth books, and selections from the seventh and eighth books, of the Policraticus

Source: The statesman's book of John of Salisbury: being the fourth, fifth, and sixth books, and selections from the seventh and eighth books, of the Policraticus

“Let him who is not come to logic be plagued with continuous and everlasting filth”

Logic Everlasting Filth

Author:John of Salisbury

“A man is free in proportion to the measure of his virtues, and the extent to which he is free determines what his virtues can accomplish.”

Men Virtue Determine Accomplish Proportion

Author:John of Salisbury

“Among all the liberal arts, the first is logic, and specifically that part of logic which gives initial instruction about words. ... [T]he word "logic" has a broad meaning, and is not restricted exclusively to the science of argumentative reasoning. [It includes] Grammar [which] is "the science of speaking and writing correctly-the starting point of all liberal studies."”

Giving Writing Firsts Art Science Study Logic Starting Reasoning Broads Instruction Grammar Initials Starting Point Liberal Arts Speaking And Writing

Author:John of Salisbury

“Accurate reading on a wide range of subjects makes the scholar; careful selection of the better makes the saint.”

Reading Subjects Saint Careful Wide Range Scholar Accurate Selection

Book:Policraticus: the statesman's book

Source: Policraticus: the statesman's book

About the Author

Born: 1120
Died: October 25, 1180
Known for: Author
Quotes: 11

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