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p.37
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p.37
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6558
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
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Full Idea:
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.
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From:
Ralph Waldo Emerson (Self-Reliance [1841], p.37)
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A reaction:
A remark to warm the hearts of pragmatists, Wittgensteinians, Nietzscheans and the post-modern mob. But pay careful attention to the word "foolish". Robert Fogelin gives a very balanced view of the matter (e.g. Idea 6557).
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