Alain Quotes on Knowledge
Emile-Auguste Chartier, who wrote under the pen name Alain, was a French philosopher, essayist, and one of the most influential lycee teachers of his generation. This page collects quotes attributed to Alain on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Alain:
“The only enemy of philosophy is laziness of thought.”
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Attributed to Alain:
“What we believe shapes what we see, and what we see shapes what we believe.”
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“As quoted in "The Art of Connection – A Conversation with Alain de Botton" by Kim Nagy in Wild River Review (19 November 2007).”
I think where people tend to end up results from a combination of encouragement, accident, and lucky break, etc. etc. Like many others, my career happened like it did because certain doors opened and certain doors closed. You know, at a certain point I thought it would be great to make film documentaries. Well, in fact, I found that to be incredibly hard and very expensive to do and I didn’t reall -
“Philosophy had supplied Socrates with convictions in which he had been able to have rational, as opposed to hysterical, confidence when faced with disapproval.”
Chapter I, Consolations For Unpopularity, p. 7. -
“Chapter I, Consolations For Unpopularity, p. 7.”
Philosophy had supplied Socrates with convictions in which he had been able to have rational, as opposed to hysterical, confidence when faced with disapproval. -
“It would scarcely be acceptable, for example, to ask in the course of an ordinary conversation what our society holds to be the purpose of work.”
Chapter I, Consolations For Unpopularity, p. 9. -
“Chapter I, Consolations For Unpopularity, p. 9.”
It would scarcely be acceptable, for example, to ask in the course of an ordinary conversation what our society holds to be the purpose of work. -
“It wasn't only fanatics and drunkards who began conversations with strangers in public.”
Chapter I, Consolations For Unpopularity, p. 16. -
“Chapter I, Consolations For Unpopularity, p. 16.”
It wasn't only fanatics and drunkards who began conversations with strangers in public.