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" Had he united a philosophical intellect to his peculiarly poetical temperament, he would probably have been the greatest poet of his age. But no man can be a very great poet who is not also a great philosopher. Whatever Lord Byron's natural powers may... "
Philip Van Artevelde: A Dramatic Romance, in Two Parts - Page xi
by Sir Henry Taylor - 1835
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 12; Volume 60

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1834 - 566 pages
...Taylor will be thought to have advanced a startling proposition, though it is a very old truth, that no man can be a very great poet, who is not also a great philosopher. The philosophy which is found in the page of Shakspearc is, indeed, as wonderful as his genius. It...
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