| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 28413 |
| QUOTATION: | When the nature of the thing is incomprehensible, I can acquiesce in the Scripture: but when the signification of words is incomprehensible, I cannot acquiesce in the authority of a Schoolman. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Thomas Hobbes (1579–1688), British philosopher. English Works, “An Answer to Dr. Bramhall,” vol. 4, p. 314, ed. Molesworth (1839-1845). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Hobbes Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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