“The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present.”
Quote by Ernest Dimnet
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Ernest Dimnet
Ernest Dimnet, a French writer born in 1866 and died in 1954, is renowned for his works on religious and moral philosophy. His writings have been widely appreciated by readers. more
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Source: The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude
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“When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.”
Source: A Preface to Politics
“There is no record in human history of a happy philosopher: they exist only in romantic legend.”
“Philosophers are only men in armor after all.”
Source: The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club