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William of Conches Quotes on Knowledge

William of Conches was a French scholastic philosopher and grammarian and one of the leading lights of the School of Chartres in the twelfth-century renaissance. This page collects quotes attributed to William of Conches on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to William of Conches:

    “What we cannot know fully, we should still try to know in part.”

  • Attributed to William of Conches:

    “The world is intelligible because it is the work of intelligence.”

  • Attributed to William of Conches:

    “Reason and faith are friends, not enemies.”

  • Attributed to William of Conches:

    “Even the heavens move by causes that may be inquired into.”