♦ nivek ♦ Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 "This is the perpetual and pitiful tragedy of the practical man in practical affairs. He always begins with a flourish of contempt for what he calls theorizing and what people who can do it call thinking. He will not wait for logic--that is, in the most exact sense, he will not listen to reason. It will therefore appear to him an idle and ineffectual proceeding to say that there is a reason for his present failure. Nevertheless, it may be well to say it, and to try and make it clear even to him." -- Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) British essayist, critic, poet, and novelist Source: Illustrated London News, Feb 29,1925 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Gilbert.Keith.Chesterton.Quote.9D63 "Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the blood of real civilization." -- G. M. Trevelyan (1876-1962) Source: English Social History, 1942 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/G..M..Trevelyan.Quote.3116 "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is a proof against all argument, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance -- that principle is condemnation before investigation." -- Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) British author, economist, philosopher Source: Often cited as a quote from Social Statics (1850); however, the quote is not in the text: http://oll.libertyfund.org/Texts/LFBooks/Spencer0236/SocialStatics/0331_Bk.html http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Herbert.Spencer.Quote.30E4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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