Berengar of Tours Quotes on Knowledge
Berengar of Tours was a French theologian, philosopher, and grammarian of the eleventh century, master of the cathedral school of Tours, and the principal early-medieval defender of the application of dialectic to theological questions. This page collects quotes attributed to Berengar of Tours on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Berengar of Tours:
“Reason is the gift of God; to refuse it where it may help us is to refuse God's gift.”
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Attributed to Berengar of Tours:
“Dialectic is not the enemy of the faith; it is the rigorous handmaid of careful belief.”
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Attributed to Berengar of Tours:
“What we cannot articulate clearly, we cannot believe rightly.”
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Attributed to Berengar of Tours:
“He who flees from logic flees also from a part of the truth.”