Philip Melanchthon Quotes on Mind
Philip Melanchthon was a German humanist scholar, Reformer, and Luther's closest collaborator at the University of Wittenberg. This page collects quotes attributed to Philip Melanchthon on the topic of mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“Does the painter imitate the body correctly if he guides his brush without any method, and if his hand is moved at random and the lines are not drawn with art? In the same way you will not put the sentiment of your mind in front of the others’ eyes unless you use appropriate and distinct words, a fitting arrangement of words and the right order of sentences. For, just as we represent bodies by colours, we represent the sentiment of our mind by speech.”
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“You can see for what reason I commend the study of eloquence to you—because we can neither explain what we ourselves want, nor understand the surviving writing written by our ancestors, unless we have thoroughly studied a fixed rule for speaking. For my part, I do not see how there could be others who wish neither to explain what they think, nor to understand what is excellently said.”
p. 64 -
“Sagacity and eloquence are linked together to such an extent that they cannot be torn asunder for any reason.”
Praise of Eloquence(1523) | p. 66 -
“What do you believe was on the mind of the ancient Romans that they called the arts of speaking humanity ? They judged that, indisputably, by the study of these disciplines not only was the tongue refined, but also the wildness and barbarity of people’s minds was amended.”
Praise of Eloquence(1523) | p. 66