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Émile-Auguste Chartier, known as Alain

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Biography - Émile-Auguste Chartier, known as Alain:

French philosopher and journalist.
Born: 1868 - Died: 1951
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
France

Every idea I get I have to deny, that's my way of testing it.



Translation

Translation

(French)



French
Une idée que j'ai, il faut que je la nie : c'est ma manière de l'essayer.




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When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it is a proof that it should be rejected.




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An idea is a meteor.





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.











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