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"Mr Jowett's forte is mental philosophy. How has this or that metaphysical question presented itself to different minds, or to the same mind at different times? Under what contradictory aspects may a p…"

"He was a keen and formidable controversialist, and was usually found on what was, for the time, the unpopular side. His contribution (an essay on The Interpretation of Scripture) to the famous Essays …"

"I have been very fortunate in this latter respect (Greek and Latin Composition), having got for my tutor the very best man in the University—Jowett, to whom it is pleasant in every way to be attached,…"

"First come I. My name is J–W–TT.There's no knowledge but I know it.I am the Master of this College,What I don't know isn't knowledge."

"Jowett, in his day, did probably more than any other single man to let some fresh air into the exhausted atmosphere of the [Oxford] common rooms, and to widen the intellectual horizons of the place."

"We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique."

"I hope our young men will not grow into such dodgers as these old men are. I believe everything that a young man says to me (p. 250)."

"Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard (p. 244)."

"[The office of the interpreter] is to read Scripture like any other book."

"Learn just enough of the subject [metaphysics] to enable your mind to get rid of it."

"Research! Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value."

"Doubt comes in at the window, when Inquiry is denied at the door."

"One man is as good as another until he has written a book."

"I hope our young men will not grow into such dodgers as these old men are. I believe everything that a young man says to me ."

"Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard ."

"Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge."

"Learn just enough of the subject to enable your mind to get rid of it."

"is to read Scripture like any other book."

"We have sought truth, and sometimes perhaps found it. But have we had any fun?"

"Grave of Benjamin Jowett in St Sepulchre's Cemetery, Oxford, with biography"

"Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl."