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William Warburton, a renowned British writer, was born on December 24, 1698, and died on June 7, 1779. He was a prominent theologian, philosopher, and literary critic of the 18th century, known for his research on Christian doctrines and his critiques of literary works.

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“Fanaticism is a fire, which heats the mind indeed, but heats without purifying. It stimulates and ferments all the passions; but it rectifies none of them.”

Mind Passion Fire Heat Fanaticism Purifying Rectify

Book:The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, D.D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester: To which is Prefixed a Discourse by Way of General Preface, Containing Some Account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the Author

Source: The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, D.D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester: To which is Prefixed a Discourse by Way of General Preface, Containing Some Account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the Author

“Of all literary exercitations, whether designed for the use or entertainment of the world, there are none of so much importance, or so immediately our concern, as those which let us into the knowledge of our own nature. Others may exercise the understanding or amuse the imagination; but these only can improve the heart and form the human mind to wisdom.”

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Author:William Warburton

“Admiration is one of the most bewitching, enthusiastic passions of the mind; and every common moralist knows that it arises from novelty and surprise, the inseparable attendants of imposture.”

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Author:William Warburton

“Enthusiasm is that temper of the mind in which the imagination has got the better of the judgment.”

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Author:William Warburton