A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. Select Essays and Poems - Side 20af Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 120 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Ralph Edwin Robinson - 2005 - 189 sider
...That quitting was possible at any time. Ralph Waldo Emerson (Self Reliance, essay) stated: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." Dr. Robert Caldini (Arizona State University) calls [the phenomenon of consistency] "mindless consistency,"... | |
 | James E. Miller Jr. - 2008 - 494 sider
..."Self-Reliance" that Emerson also wrote: "Who so would be a man must be a nonconformist." And: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." And: "Insist on yourself; never imitate" (Emerson, SR, 265, 263, 260). We must conclude that had Emerson... | |
 | Tim Schilke - 2005 - 294 sider
...try to appeal to the critical thinking and language skills of the lowest common listener. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines," wrote Emerson in 1841. "With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern... | |
 | Larry Chang - 2006 - 826 sider
...principle is right, the details will take care of themselves. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821 ~ A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do ... Speak what you think now in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again,... | |
 | Kit Bakke - 2006 - 284 sider
...was either satire or be drowned in sobs. Curiously yours, LM Alcott Being Transcendental A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. Ralph Waldo Emerson Enthusiasm is the glory and hope of the world. A. Bronson Alcott January 14, 2006... | |
 | Thomas Lührmann - 2006 - 398 sider
...wünschenswerte Zumutung444 - oder, noch extremer, als ein spießiges und kleinbürgerliches Ideal: „A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...consistency, a great soul has simply nothing to do (...)."445 Die Folge ist aus postmoderner Perspektive ein „protean seif"446, das verschiedene Meinungen,... | |
 | Milton Birnbaum - 252 sider
...reader may expect quite regularly. In this respect, Huxley shares Emerson's belief that "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." Let us not add "educators" as well to this unholy Emersonian trinity. VII THE SOCIETAL SELF There are... | |
 | James Brian Staab - 2006 - 416 sider
...Reserve University School of Law, Scalia took issue with Ralph Waldo Emerson's aphorism "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." In "Self-Reliance," Emerson contended that complexity is the mark of great souls. "With consistency... | |
 | Ralph Keyes - 2007 - 416 sider
...oversimplified excerpt from Emerson's more nuanced thought in his 1841 essay "Self-Reliance": "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." Verdict: Simplified Emerson. "CONTEMPT prior to investigation." This popular observation is widely... | |
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