Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by William Whewell

Quote by William Whewell

“Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all experience in its origin, though constantly combined with experience in its exercise.”

Quote by William Whewell

Create image

Author

William Whewell
William Whewell

William Whewell was a polymath from England, born on May 24, 1794, and died on March 6, 1866. He made significant contributions to the fields of scientific philosophy, the history of science, logic, mathematics, and astronomy. more

You May Also Like

“For a Man cannot believe a Miracle without relying upon Sense, nor Transubstantiation without renouncing it. So that never were any two things so ill coupled together as the Doctrine of Christianity and that of Transubstantiation, because they draw several ways, and are ready to strangle one another: For the main Evidence of the Christian Doctrine, which is Miracles, is resolved into the certainty of Sense, but this Evidence is clear and point blank against Transubstantiation.”

MenWayBelieveTwoChristianTogetherChristianityClearReadyDrawsEvidenceMiracleIllDoctrineCertaintyTwo ThingsBlankChristian DoctrineTransubstantiation
Book:A discourse against transubstantiation
Create image

“For the spiritual efficacy of the Sacrament doth not depend upon the nature of the thing received, supposing we received what our Lord appointed, and receive it with a right preparation and disposition of mind, but upon the supernatural blessing that goes along with it, and makes it effectual to those spiritual ends for which it was appointed.”

MindEndsSpiritualLordDependsBlessingPreparationDispositionSacramentsOur LordEfficacySupposing
Book:A discourse against transubstantiation
Create image