If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning we may only study his commentators. ["On the Ignorance of the Learned"]
DescriptionEnglish writer, remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism, as the greatest art critic of his age, and as a drama critic, social commentator, and philosopher
BornApril 10, 1778
DiedSeptember 18, 1830
CountryUnited Kingdom
ProfessionLiterary Historian; Philosopher; Writer
WorksCharacters Of Shakespear's Plays; Table-Talk; The Spirit Of The Age
