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John Robert Seeley Biography

Essayist

John Robert Seeley was an English essayist known for his profound insights into history and philosophy. His works covered a wide range of topics, including politics, religion, and social issues.

Hard Enough Feelings Accepting Combination Rejection Insecurity Good Enough Triggers Not Good Enough Withdrawal Lack Of Trust

Author:John Robert Seeley

“No man saw the building of the New Jerusalem, the workmen crowded together, the unfinished walls and unpaved streets; no man heard the clink of trowel and pickaxe; it descended out of heaven from God.”

Men Together Heaven Saws Heard Streets Creation Building Wall Crowded Jerusalem Unfinished Workmen

Book:Ecce Homo: A Survey of the Life and Work of Jesus Christ

Source: Ecce Homo: A Survey of the Life and Work of Jesus Christ

“History is the school of statesmanship.”

School Statesmanship

Author:John Robert Seeley

“History without politics descends to mere Literature.”

Literature History Mere

Author:John Robert Seeley

“Politics are vulgar when they are not liberalised by history, and history fades into mere literature when it loses sight of its relation to practical politics.”

Literature Loses History Sight Relation Mere Practicals Fades Vulgar

Book:The Expansion of England: Two Courses of Lectures

Source: The Expansion of England: Two Courses of Lectures

“A grain of real knowledge, of genuine controllable conviction, will outweigh a bushel of adroitness; and to produce persuasion there is one golden principle of rhetoric not put down in the books-to understand what you are talking about.”

Book Real Talking Principles Knowledge Produce Conviction Genuine Golden Grain Rhetoric Persuasion Real Knowledge

Author:John Robert Seeley

“Life may not be beautiful, but it is interesting.”

Life May Beautiful Interesting Beautiful Life Interesting Life

Author:John Robert Seeley

“No virtue is safe that is not enthusiastic.”

Motivational Virtue Safe Enthusiasm Enthusiastic

Book:Ecce Homo: A Survey of the Life and Work of Jesus Christ

Source: Ecce Homo: A Survey of the Life and Work of Jesus Christ

“We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind.”

World Mind Seems Half Fit Absence

Book:The Expansion of England: Two Courses of Lectures

Source: The Expansion of England: Two Courses of Lectures

“He who studies it [Nature] has continually the exquisite pleasure of discerning or half discerning and divining laws; regularities glimmer through an appearance of confusion; analogies between phenomena of a different order suggest themselves and set the imagination in motion; the mind is haunted with the sense of a vast unity not yet discoverable or nameable.”

About the Author

Born: September 10, 1834
Died: January 13, 1895
Known for: Essayist
Quotes: 10

Books & Sources

Ecce Homo: A Survey of the Life and Work of Jesus ChristRelated source material

The Expansion of England: Two Courses of LecturesRelated source material

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