“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.”
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Famous Hippolyte Taine Quotes
“Nada tan peligroso como una idea amplia en cerebros estrechos.”
“A fixed idea is like the iron rod which sculptors put in their statues. It impales and sustains.”
Source: Notes on Paris
Source: Notes on Paris
Source: History of English Literature
Source: History of English Literature
“I wish to reproduce things as they are or as they would be even if I myself did not exist.”
Source: Notes on Paris
“I've met many thinkers and many cats, but the wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.”
Source: Life and Letters of H. Taine: 1870-1892
Source: The philosophy of art. The ideal in art
“The search for causes must come after the collection of facts.”
Source: The Modern Régime
“History is nothing but a problem of mechanics applied to psychology.”