"But when the Soul is stark blind in itself, Knowledge can be of no Use to direct it."
— Anonymous
Author
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
James Hoey
Date
1765
Metaphor
"But when the Soul is stark blind in itself, Knowledge can be of no Use to direct it."
Metaphor in Context
'Tis no Part of the Office of Knowledge to make a blind Man see; her Business is not to find a Man Eyes, but to improve the Sight of those that have them, and to furnish the Soul with such Principles as may conduct a Man safe in all his Affairs: But when the Soul is stark blind in itself, Knowledge can be of no Use to direct it.
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Categories
Provenance
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Citation
An Index to Mankind: or Maxims Selected from the Wits of all Nations (Dublin: James Hoey, 1765). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
11/23/2011
