John Italos Quotes on Knowledge
John Italos was a Byzantine philosopher of the eleventh century, born in southern Italy of Norman parents, who studied in Constantinople under Michael Psellos and succeeded him as Consul of the Philosophers under Michael VII Doukas. This page collects quotes attributed to John Italos on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to John Italos:
“What can be demonstrated must be demonstrated; what cannot must be confessed.”
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Attributed to John Italos:
“Plato and Proclus are not the enemies of the faith; they are the schoolmasters who prepare the soul for it.”
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Attributed to John Italos:
“The fear of philosophy is the fear of the proper exercise of the soul.”
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Attributed to John Italos:
“Reason and revelation, rightly used, do not contradict; only their misuses do.”