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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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Famous Joseph Glanvill Quotes

“The precipitancy of disputation, and the stir and noise of passions that usually attend it, must needs be prejudicial to verity.”

Needs Passion Noise Controversy

Book:Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; In an Essay of The Vanity of Dogmatizing, and Confident Opinon. With a Reply to the Exceptions of the Learned Thomas Albius

Source: Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; In an Essay of The Vanity of Dogmatizing, and Confident Opinon. With a Reply to the Exceptions of the Learned Thomas Albius

“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