Joseph Priestley Quotes on Truth
Joseph Priestley was an English natural philosopher, theologian, and political theorist, and one of the founding figures of English Unitarianism. This page collects quotes attributed to Joseph Priestley on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Joseph Priestley:
“The discovery of truth is the great business of the philosopher.”
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Attributed to Joseph Priestley:
“Reason and revelation, both gifts of God, cannot truly conflict.”
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Attributed to Joseph Priestley:
“All progress depends on the freedom of inquiry.”
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“It is hardly possible not to suspect the truth of this doctrine of atonement, when we consider that the general maxims to which it may be reduced, are nowhere laid down, or asserted, in the Scriptures, but others quite contrary to them.”
An History of the Corruptions of Christianity(1782) | Part II : Opinions Relating to the Doctrine of Atonement, § I : That Christ did not die to make satisfaction for the sins of men.