BOOK I - THE LIBRARIES OF THE ANCIENTS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
Summary
“We are not, without circumspection, to receive some books even of authentic and renowned Fathers;… and, seeing the lapses of these worthy pens,[ought] to cast a wary eye on those … treatises daily published amongst us. …… Thus, I say, must these authors be read, and thus must we be read ourselves. For, discoursing of matters dubious and of many controvertible truths, we cannot, without arrogancy, … implore any further assent than the probability of our reasons may induce.”–
Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, B. I. c. viii. § 11–14.- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Memoirs of LibrariesIncluding a Handbook of Library Economy, pp. 1 - 2Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1859