--- title: "4 Jonathan Barnes Quotes" description: "Jonathan Barnes, FBA is an English scholar of Aristotelian and ancient philosophy. Browse 4 Jonathan Barnes quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-jonathan-barnes-65747.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jonathan Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-jonathan-barnes-65747.jpg) # Jonathan Barnes **4** quotes in **7** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jonathan Barnes, FBA is an English scholar of Aristotelian and ancient philosophy. ## Quotes by Jonathan Barnes > [“I have long believed the city, the country, indeed the world at large to be run by precisely the wrong kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-barnes/i-have-long-believed-the-city-the-country-indeed-the-world-at-large/) Jonathan Barnes [Police force](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/police-force/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cb/jonathan-barnes-65747_police-force_i-have-long-believed-the-city-the-countr_651871.jpg) > [“The doctrine of the mean (the epithet 'golden' is un-Aristotelian) regularly occurs in later writers as a piece of moral advice --…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-barnes/the-doctrine-of-the-mean-the-epithet-golden-is-un-aristotelian/) Jonathan Barnes [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48f/jonathan-barnes-65747_philosophy-religion_the-doctrine-of-the-mean-the-epithet-gol_1438931.jpg) > [“Be warned. This book has no literary merit whatsoever. It it a lurid piece of nonsense, convoluted, implausible, peopled by unconvincing characters,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-barnes/be-warned-this-book-has-no-literary-merit-whatsoever-it-it-a-lurid/) Jonathan Barnes [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/202/jonathan-barnes-65747_books_be-warned-this-book-has-no-literary-meri_2156270.jpg) > [“The city defeated him. It refused to be bent into shape; it stayed a willful, sprawling, sinful place. It even told him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-barnes/the-city-defeated-him-it-refused-to-be-bent-into-shape-it-stayed-a/) Jonathan Barnes [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/053/jonathan-barnes-65747_rubble_the-city-defeated-him-it-refused-to-be-b_2944396.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-barnes/#itemlist", "name": "Jonathan Barnes Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I have long believed the city, the country, indeed the world at large to be run by precisely the wrong kind of people. From the government to the great financial institutions, the peerage to the police force, our lives are controlled without exception by the stupid and greedy, the venal, the rapacious and the undeservedly rich. 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