John Donne Quotes about Philosophy

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For love all love of other sights controls and makes one little room an everywhere

For love all love of other sights controls and makes one little room an everywhere

John Donne

Educational, Philosophy, Sight

John Donne, Theodore Redpath (2009). “The Songs and Sonets of John Donne”, p.352, Harvard University Press

Eternity is not an everlasting flux of time, but time is as a short parenthesis in a long period.

John Donne

Time, Art, Philosophy

John Donne, John E. Booty (1990). “John Donne: Selections from Divine Poems, Sermons, Devotions, and Prayers”, p.7, Paulist Press

And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out; the Sun is lost, and the earth, and no mans wit can well direct him where to look for it.

John Donne

Philosophy, Fire, Doubt

'An Anatomy of the World: The First Anniversary' (1611) l. 205

The difference between the reason of man and the instinct of the beast is this, that the beast does but know, but the man knows that he knows.

John Donne

Philosophy, Men, Differences

John Donne, John E. Booty (1990). “John Donne: Selections from Divine Poems, Sermons, Devotions, and Prayers”, p.141, Paulist Press

And new philosophy calls all in doubt, The element of fire is quite put out; The sun is lost, and the earth, and no man's wit Can well direct him where to look for it. And freely men confess that this world's spent, When in the planets, and the firmament They seek so many new; then see that this Is crumbled out again to his atomies. 'Tis all in pieces, all coherence gone; All just supply, and all relation: Prince, subject, Father, Son, are things forgot.

John Donne

Father, Philosophy, Son

John Donne, Henry Alford (1839). “The Works of John Donne, D.D. Dean of Saint Paul's, 1621-1631: With a Memoir of His Life”, p.491