1600 – 1800 CE
The Age of Reason, emphasizing science, liberty, and progress.
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
— David Hume
"Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions."
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am t…
— Voltaire
"The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."
Happiness is not the reward of virtue, but is virtue itself.
— Baruch Spinoza
"Happiness is not the reward of virtue, but is virtue itself."
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."
"Whatever feels, lives; whatever lives, depends on nourishment."
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence."
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read …
— John Locke
"Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that..."
Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
— Immanuel Kant
"Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intell..."
Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you …
"Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does no..."
Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.
"Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them."
"Common sense is not so common."
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."
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