Hannah More 1745 – 1833
Hannah More (1745 – 1833) was an English philosopher of the Modern era, associated with Enlightenment and Christian Philosophy.
Hannah More was an English religious writer, moral philosopher, and educational reformer of the late Georgian era, the most widely read English moral author of her time, and a central figure of the Clapham Sect of evangelical reformers. Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education and her Cheap Repository Tracts argued for a serious moral and religious education for women across classes, in which intellectual cultivation is the handmaid, not the rival, of practical Christian virtue. Her work shaped the Victorian moral imagination and supported the long Anglican campaign for the abolition of the slave trade led by her friend William Wilberforce.
Key facts
- Nationality
- English
- Era
- Modern
- Movements
- Enlightenment, Christian Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Hannah More:
“Christianity is the religion not of speculation but of life.”
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Attributed to Hannah More:
“True education forms the heart before the mind, and trains the affections to the love of what is good.”
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Attributed to Hannah More:
“A woman's understanding cannot be schooled by trinkets.”
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Attributed to Hannah More:
“Slavery is a stain that no profession of liberty will wash from the empire that practices it.”
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Attributed to Hannah More:
“We do not need cleverness in our daughters; we need character.”
Frequently asked about Hannah More
- When did Hannah More live?
- Hannah More was born in 1745 and died in 1833.
- Where was Hannah More from?
- Hannah More was an English philosopher of the Modern era.
- What philosophical movements is Hannah More associated with?
- Hannah More was associated with Enlightenment and Christian Philosophy.
- What was Hannah More known for?
- Hannah More was an English religious writer, moral philosopher, and educational reformer of the late Georgian era, the most widely read English moral author of her time, and a central figure of the Clapham Sect of evangelical reformers.
- How many quotes are attributed to Hannah More?
- There are 15 attributed quotations from Hannah More in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.