Claude Adrien Helvétius > Quotes

“To prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.”
― Claude Adrien Helvetius

“To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves: such a prohibition ought to fill them with disdain.”
― Claude Adrien Helvetius, Treatise on Man: His Intellectual Faculties and His Education V1

“The degree of intellect necessary to please us is a fairly accurate measure of the degree of our own intellect.”
― Claude Adrien Helvétius, De L'Espirit or Essays on the Mind and Its Several Faculties

“Education made us what we are,”
― Claude Adrien Helvétius

“Без книгите, ние бяхме останали диваци.”
― Claude Adrien Helvétius

“By annihilating desires, you annihilate the mind.”
― Claude Adrien Helvétius

“The amount of intellect necessary to please us, is a most accurate measure of the amount of intellect we have.”
― Helvetius, De l'homme

“Dosada je daleko važniji i moćniji pokretač svijeta nego što zamišljamo. Od svih boli, ona je neosporno najmanja; ali ipak jest vrsta boli. Težeći prema sreći, uvijek mislimo da je odsutnost užitka nesreća.”
― Claude Adrien Helvétius, De L'Espirit or Essays on the Mind and Its Several Faculties

“What is a benevolent man? One in whom a spectacle of misery produces a painful sensation.”
― Claude Adrien Helvétius

“Kakvo samo različito značenje imaju iste riječi kad ih izgovore razni ljudi.”
― Claude Adrien Helvétius, De L'Espirit or Essays on the Mind and Its Several Faculties