Louis de Bonald Quotes on Knowledge
Louis Gabriel Ambroise, Vicomte de Bonald, was a French traditionalist philosopher and statesman and, with Joseph de Maistre, one of the principal theorists of the post-revolutionary Catholic reaction. This page collects quotes attributed to Louis de Bonald on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Louis de Bonald:
“Language is given to humanity, not invented by it.”
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“A nobleman is not only a subject, he is the most subordinate of all.”
Quoted by Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn in The Menace of the Herd (1943), p. 330 -
“Quoted by Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn in The Menace of the Herd (1943), p. 330”
A nobleman is not only a subject, he is the most subordinate of all. -
“In the social body as in every organized body — that is, one in which the parts are arranged in certain relationships to each other relative to a given end — the cessation of vital functions does not come from the annihilation of their parts, but from their displacement and the disturbances of their relationships.”
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