Jonathan Edwards Quotes on Knowledge
Jonathan Edwards was an American Puritan theologian, philosopher, and pastor and the leading intellectual of colonial New England. This page collects quotes attributed to Jonathan Edwards on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“Written in 1723; from The Works of President Edwards, vol. I, ed. Sereno B. Dwight, 1830.”
They say there is a young lady in [New Haven] who is beloved of that Great Being, who made and rules the world, and that there are certain seasons in which this Great Being, in some way or other invisible, comes to her and fills her mind with exceeding sweet delight; and that she hardly cares for any thing, except to meditate on him— that she expects after a while to be received up where he is, to -
“The young woman described here was Sarah Pierrepont, who became Edwards' wife in 1727.”
They say there is a young lady in [New Haven] who is beloved of that Great Being, who made and rules the world, and that there are certain seasons in which this Great Being, in some way or other invisible, comes to her and fills her mind with exceeding sweet delight; and that she hardly cares for any thing, except to meditate on him— that she expects after a while to be received up where he is, to -
“Diary (7 July 1724).”
When I am giving the relation of a thing, remember to abstain from altering either in the matter or manner of speaking, so much, as that, if every one, afterwards, should alter as much, it would at last come to be properly false. -
“Diary (10 November 1724).”
To mark all that I say in conversation, merely to beget in others, a good opinion of myself, and examine it.