When prejudice commands, reason is silent.

Le prejuge commande-t-il? La raison se tait.

Claude Adrien Helvétius

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Topic

Prejudice and bias Reason

Author

Claude Adrien Helvétius

Source

A Treatise on Man

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1771 1770s 18th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Helvetius, Claude Andre. De L'homme, des ses Facultes Intellectuelles et de Son Education [A Treatise on Man: His Intellectual Faculties and His Education]. Vol. 2, London: James Cundee/Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1810, ch. 19.

Current Citation

Helvetius, Claude Andre. A Treatise on Man: His Intellectual Faculties and His Education, translated by W. Hooper. Vol. 2, University of Michigan Press, 2009, ch. 19.

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Every individual necessarily labours to render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can. He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it... he intends only his own security... and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.

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Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations. Vol. 2, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1776, bk. 4, ch. 2.

Current Citation

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Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but-more frequently than not-struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.

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Source
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Time
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Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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Topic
Military strategy

Author

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Source
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Language
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Time
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Bonaparte, Napoleon. Quoted in History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in 1789 to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815, written by Archibald Alison. Vol. 5, Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1841.