
No. 562 (2 July 1714).
The Spectator (1711–1714)
Sourced to the book, The Ascent of Man (1973), BBC Books: London, Chapter 13: The Long Childhood, p. 330.
The Ascent of Man (1973)
Context: We are all afraid - for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do. The personal commitment of a man to his skill, the intellectual commitment and the emotional commitment working together as one, has made the Ascent of Man.
No. 562 (2 July 1714).
The Spectator (1711–1714)
“Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.
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Freedom: Foster It! p. 22.
Freedom: Foster it! (2004)
“A young man who is unable to commit a folly is already an old man.”
Source: 1890s - 1910s, The Writings of a Savage (1996), p. 68: from his manuscript, known as 'Cahier pour Aline' (ca. 1892-1893)
Collected Plays (1958) Introduction, Section 1
Source: Strategy, structure, and economic performance. (1974), p. 29