Quote#God & Faith
It is a dull and obtuse mind, that must divide in order to…
Quote bySamuel Taylor Coleridge · 1772–1834
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Aids to Reflection (1825), Aphorism 26, p. 17.
English (original)
It is a dull and obtuse mind, that must divide in order to distinguish; but it is a still worse, that distinguishes in order to divide. In the former, we may contemplate the source of superstition and idolatry; in the latter of schism, heresy, and a seditious and sectarian spirit.
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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