Quote of Gustave Le Bon - For it must not be supposed...
Biography - Gustave Le Bon:
French polymath.
Born: 1841 - Died: 1931
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1841 - Died: 1931
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
For it must not be supposed that merely because the justness of an idea has been proved it can be productive of effective action even on cultivated minds. This fact may be quickly appreciated by noting how slight is the influence of the clearest demonstration on the majority of men.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes about clarity:
What can be said at all can be said clearly, and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams who looks inside, awakes.
Quotes about idea:
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.
Where does this idea come from? It is like a pair of glasses on our nose through which we see whatever we look at. It never occurs to us to take them off.
Gustave Le Bon also said...
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