Quotes by Benjamin Whichcote

About Benjamin Whichcote:

Benjamin Whichcote was a British Establishment and Puritan divine, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and leader of the Cambridge Platonists.
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Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.

Benjamin Whichcote

Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.

Benjamin Whichcote

None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.

Benjamin Whichcote

Conscience without judgment is superstition.

Benjamin Whichcote

The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth.

Benjamin Whichcote

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

Benjamin Whichcote

Author Bio

  • NameBenjamin Whichcote
  • DescriptionEnglish theologian
  • Born1609
  • Died1683
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPhilosopher; Theologian