Creative ideas do not spring from groups. They spring from individuals.

Alfred Whitney Griswold

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Topic

Creativity Innovation The individual Committees

Speaker

Alfred Whitney Griswold

Source

Address at Yale University

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Educator

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United States

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Citation

Griswold, Alfred Whitney. Address at Yale University. 9 Jun. 1957, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

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It will be convenient to have a name for the ideas which are esteemed at any time for their acceptability, and it should be a term that emphasizes this predictability. I shall refer to these ideas henceforth as the conventional wisdom.

John Kenneth Galbraith

The Affluent Society

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Majority opinions Conformity Intellectual history

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John Kenneth Galbraith
Source
The Affluent Society
Genre
Sociology Economic literature
Language
English
Time
1958 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958, ch. 2, sect. 1.

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The true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Creativity Innovation Invention
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Socrates

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Plato
Source
Republic
Medium
Philosophical dialogue Dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

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Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.