American Calvinist Philosopher

Famous quotes containing the words american, calvinist and/or philosopher:

“I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together.”
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

“Mr. Treat is described as a Calvinist of the strictest kind, not one of those who, by giving up or explaining away, become like a porcupine disarmed of its quills, but a consistent Calvinist, who can dart his quills at a distance and courageously defend himself.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.”
—Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)