John Finnis Quotes on Knowledge
John Finnis is an Australian-British legal and moral philosopher, emeritus professor of law at Oxford and a long-time professor at the University of Notre Dame. This page collects quotes attributed to John Finnis on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to John Finnis:
“There are basic human goods that reason grasps as good in themselves.”
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“A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket.”
The Gentleman's Magazine (1781), Vol. LI. p. 324. -
“The Gentleman's Magazine (1781), Vol. LI. p. 324.”
A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket. -
“See how the rascals use me! They will not let my play run; and yet they steal my thunder.”
Alternately reported as: "That is my thunder, by God; the villains will play my thunder, but not my play." Reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations , 10th ed. (1919). | Note: Dennis had written a tragedy, Appius and Virginia , for which he had invented a new technique for creating the sound of thunder , which the actors favored and which remained in use for centuries thereafter. The play itself