Quote by: Richard Whately

In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us.


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Author Bio


  • NameRichard Whately
  • DescriptionEnglish rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian
  • BornFebruary 1, 1787
  • DiedOctober 8, 1863
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionEconomist; Priest; Philosopher