William Wollaston Quotes on Virtue
William Wollaston was an English Anglican priest, philosopher, and one of the leading early Enlightenment moralists. This page collects quotes attributed to William Wollaston on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to William Wollaston:
“Every act treats reality either truly or falsely; the moral act is the true one.”
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Attributed to William Wollaston:
“To act morally is to act in accordance with the truth of things.”
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Attributed to William Wollaston:
“The religion of nature is the recognition of moral truths legible to all rational beings.”
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Attributed to William Wollaston:
“Lies are wrongs done to the order of being itself.”
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Attributed to William Wollaston:
“Reason is the conscience of the natural law.”