Friedrich List (1789–1846) German economist with dual American citizenship
Source: The Natural System of Political Economy (1837), p. 30
“Writers don't seem to benefit much by the advance of science, although they thrive on superstitions of all kinds.”
"Quotes", The Educated Imagination (1963), Talk 1: The Motive For Metaphor http://northropfrye-theeducatedimagination.blogspot.ca/2009/08/1-motive-for-metaphor.html
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Source: Faith vs. Fact (2015), p. xii
“What is superstition, but misguided, unobjective science?”
Fritz Leiber book Conjure Wife
Source: Conjure Wife (1953), Chapter 2 (p. 26).
Context: What is superstition, but misguided, unobjective science? And when it comes down to that, is it to be wondered if people grasp at superstition in this rotten, hate-filled, half-doomed world of today? Lord knows, I'd welcome the blackest of black magic, if it could do anything to stave off the atom bomb.
“There are all kinds of writers. The best writers write children's books.”
Richard Scarry (1919–1994) author and illustrator from the United States
Source: Busy, Busy Town
Carl Sagan (1934–1996) American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator
Source: The Demon-Haunted World : Science as a Candle in the Dark (1995), Ch. 2 : Science and Hope
Context: I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the siren song of unreason more sonorous and attractive. Where have we heard it before? Whenever our ethnic or national prejudices are aroused, in times of scarcity, during challenges to national self-esteem or nerve, when we agonize about our diminished cosmic place and purpose, or when fanaticism is bubbling up around us-then, habits of thought familiar from ages past reach for the controls. The candle flame gutters. Its little pool of light trembles. Darkness gathers. The demons begin to stir.
“Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.”
Adam Smith (1723–1790) Scottish moral philosopher and political economist
Source: The Wealth of Nations