Quote of Émile-Auguste Chartier, known as Alain - Nothing is more dangerous than an...
Biography - Émile-Auguste Chartier, known as Alain:
French philosopher and journalist.
Born: 1868 - Died: 1951
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1868 - Died: 1951
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when it's the only one we have.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes about danger:
The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.
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.
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.
Do not have too artificial an idea of man but judge him naturally. Don't consider him too good or too bad.
Émile-Auguste Chartier, known as Alain also said...
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