William of Ockham Quotes on Knowledge
William of Ockham was an English Franciscan friar, philosopher, and theologian, one of the most important figures of late medieval thought. This page collects quotes attributed to William of Ockham on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to William of Ockham:
“Plurality is not to be posited without necessity.”
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Attributed to William of Ockham:
“It is vain to do with more what can be done with fewer.”
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Attributed to William of Ockham:
“Every universal is a thought of the mind, and not anything outside the mind.”
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Attributed to William of Ockham:
“Nothing is to be posited as necessary in nature unless it is established either by self-evidence, or by experience, or by the authority of Sacred Scripture.”