Samuel Clarke Quotes on Truth
Samuel Clarke was an English Anglican clergyman and philosopher of religion, a close associate of Newton and the foremost rationalist theologian of his age. This page collects quotes attributed to Samuel Clarke on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Samuel Clarke:
“Whatever exists must have a cause or a ground for existing.”
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Attributed to Samuel Clarke:
“There is necessarily an eternal and self-existent being.”
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Attributed to Samuel Clarke:
“Right and wrong are founded in the eternal nature of things.”
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Attributed to Samuel Clarke:
“Moral truths are as eternal and necessary as those of mathematics.”