 | 1922 - 384 Seiten
...-Reliance, " brings out the idea that Emerson did not condemn true consistency of thought : "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. ' ' It is interesting to note that Emerson's Journals afford Dr. Crothers quite a number of texts as... | |
 | Elmer James Bailey - 1922 - 282 Seiten
...was not unconscious of these incongruities, and recast Emerson's remark in Self-Reliance, " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines," into the three lines in Song of Myself. " Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself,... | |
 | 1923 - 700 Seiten
...quanta vuole. " Which sounds very much like a famous passage in Emerson (quoted from memory): "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...philosophers and divines. With consistency a great •I3 Curiositei estheliques, p. 203. '14 Ibid., p. 201. soul has simply nothing to do. Speak what... | |
 | Rolf Hoffmann - 1924 - 798 Seiten
...them«. es kommt auf den Leser an — einer seiner typischsten Aussprüche also lautet: »A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do«. Mit den Philosophen scheint Emerson sich überhaupt nicht gut verstanden zu haben, dies muß bekannt... | |
 | Robert Pinto - 2001 - 178 Seiten
...sketched in the preceding two paragraphs. 3. WHEN lS lT REASONABLE TO TOLERATE lNCONSlSTENCY? A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. Ralph Waldo Emerson in Essays, "Self- Reliance" (First Series, 1841). Some faults are reprehensible;... | |
 | William A. Giovinazzo - 2003 - 356 Seiten
...from the ERP systems so as to not impact the operation of the business. To quote Emerson, "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen, and philosophers and divines." In considering whether we can practically run our ERP system and our data warehouse on one system,... | |
 | 2002 - 704 Seiten
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 | W. Warner Burke - 2002 - 348 Seiten
...change effort — despite Ralph Waldo Emerson's derogatory comment about consistency, to wit, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." The key to this quote, however, is Emerson's adjective foolish, and consistency of word and deed by... | |
 | George Kateb - 2002 - 278 Seiten
...of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God with shape and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. (p. 265) We want to ask, Flee from what to what? From sophisticated vagueness to a self-indulgent will... | |
 | Mary Lutyens - 2003 - 266 Seiten
...all his clothes to someone in need. He once gave away his only overcoat. Emerson has said, 'A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.' If in nothing else, the inconsistencies in K's character would make him a great soul. From the time... | |
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. 
