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Jacques Barzun Quotes

Jacques Barzun quotes about mind

American Educator November 30, 1907 – October 25, 2012

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in fact any good mind properly taught can think like Euclid and like Walt Whitman. The Renaissance, as we saw, was full of such minds, equally competent as poet and as engineers. The modern notion of "the two cultures," incompatible under one skull, comes solely from the proliferation of specialties in science; but these also divide scientists into groups that do not understand one another, the cause being the sheer mass of detail and the diverse terminologies. In essence the human mind... Jacques Barzun
Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game - and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams. Jacques Barzun
Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in mind: prepare to take on one's share in the world's work, and perhaps in addition, lend a hand in improving society, after schooling is done. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "The test and the use of man's education is that he finds..."
The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better..."
Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball. Jacques Barzun
We hear them continually on TV: hence they occur first when it is our turn to talk. In this regard, talk may be said to be the enemy of writing. If you observe yourself when on the point of writing that the word rising spontaneously to your mind is not the hard, clear words of a lover of plain speech, but this mush of counterfeits and cliches. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy."
Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy. Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun quote: "The mind tends to run along the groove of one's intention and..."
The mind tends to run along the groove of one's intention and overlook the actual expression. Jacques Barzun

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