Joseph Glanvill
Joseph Glanvill
Joseph Glanvillwas an English writer, philosopher, and clergyman. Not himself a scientist, he has been called "the most skillful apologist of the virtuosi", or in other words the leading propagandist for the approach of the English natural philosophers of the later 17th century. In 1661 he predicted...
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Joseph Glanvill quotes about
discouraging assurance raises
Some pretences daunt and discourage us, while others raise us to a brisk assurance.