Fanaticism

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Fanaticism is always a sign of repressed doubt.

Carl Jung

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Fanaticism

Speaker

Carl Jung

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

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Original Citation

Jung, Carl. Lecture five of the Tavistock lectures. 1935, Tavistock Clinic, London, England, UK.

Current Citation

Jung, Carl. The Symbolic Life: Miscellaneous Writings. Routledge, 2014, pt. 1, lecture 5.

Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

George Santayana

The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress

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Fanaticism

Author

George Santayana

Source

The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Santayana, George. The Life of Reason: Introduction and Reason in Common Sense, edited by Marianne S. Wokeck and Martin A. Coleman. Vol. 7, The MIT Press, 2011, bk. 1, introduction. Originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905.

Fear prophets, Adso, and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.

Umberto Eco

The Name of the Rose

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Fanaticism

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William

Author

Umberto Eco

Source

The Name of the Rose

Medium

Novel

Language

Italian

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Original Citation

Eco, Umberto. Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose]. Bompiani, 1980.

Current Citation

Eco, Humberto. The Name of the Rose, translated by William Weaver. HarperVia, 2014.

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you have only one idea.

Alain (Emile Chartier)

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Fanaticism Narrow-mindedness Intolerance Power of ideas

Author

Alain (Emile Chartier)

Source

Propos sur la religion

Language

French

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Chartier, Émile [published as Alain]. Propos sur le Religion no. 74. Editions Rieder, 1938.

Faith is something you die for; a doctrine is something you kill for: there is all the difference in the world.

Tony Benn

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Faith Martyrdom Fanaticism Religious extremism Religion

Author

Tony Benn

Source

The Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Benn, Tony. "Sayings of the Week." The Observer, 16 Apr. 1989.