Quote of the day
How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture.
Richard Whately
Born: February 1, 1787
Died: October 8, 1863 (aged 76)
Bio: Richard Whately was an English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian who also served as the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin.
Known for:
- Elements of logic (1826)
- Easy lessons on reasoning (1845)
- Paley's Moral Philosophy, With Annotations