"What is more remarkable, every one of us carries in his heart a book of knowledge, opened by the exercise of reason."
— John of Salisbury (c. 1115-1180)
Work Title
Date
1159
Metaphor
"What is more remarkable, every one of us carries in his heart a book of knowledge, opened by the exercise of reason."
Metaphor in Context
It is then through nature or through grace that each one can arrive at the recognition and knowledge of truth of those things that are indispensable. What is more remarkable, every one of us carries in his heart a book of knowledge, opened by the exercise of reason. In this are portrayed not only the forms of all visible things and nature in general; the invisible things of the Fabricator of all things are also written down by the very hand of God. So true it is that they to whom the list of duties to be performed are made known by gift of nature or of grace can by no means be excused on grounds of ignorance.
(Book III, 173)
(Book III, 173)
Categories
Provenance
Reading E. R. Curtius European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages , (p. 320)
Date of Entry
04/24/2005
Date of Review
09/13/2011
