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Joseph Glanvill was a 17th-century English writer known for his philosophical and theological works. His writings covered a wide range of topics including natural philosophy, moral philosophy, and mysticism.

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All Angel Belief May Assured Certain Certainty Faculty Humanity Impossible Men Mistaken Needs Stills Understanding Weakness Yield Absolutes Acceptable All Things Antiquity

Famous Joseph Glanvill Quotes

“And for mathematical science, he that doubts their certainty hath need of a dose of hellebore.”

Needs Doubt Mathematics Math Certainty Mathematical Dose

Book:Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science ; in an Essay of the Vanity of Dogmatizing and Confident Opinion

Source: Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science ; in an Essay of the Vanity of Dogmatizing and Confident Opinion

“That though we are certain of many things, yet that Certainty is no absolute Infallibility, there still remains the possibility of our being mistaken in all matters of humane Belief and Inquiry.”

Stills Matter Certain Belief Possibility Absolutes Remains Certainty Mistaken Inquiry Humane Infallibility

Book:Collected works of Joseph Glanvill

Source: Collected works of Joseph Glanvill