The Five Thousand Year Leap: 28 Great Ideas That Changed the World by Skousen W. Cleon

Author:Skousen, W. Cleon [Skousen, W. Cleon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History
ISBN: 9780981559667
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Goodreads: 6344754
Publisher: American Documents
Published: 1981-06-01T00:00:00+00:00

Not only will the number of those who can take an interest in the productions of the mind be enlarged, but the taste for intellectual enjoyment will descend, step by step, even to those who, in aristocratic societies, seem to have neither time nor ability to in indulge in them. When hereditary wealth, the privileges of rank, and the prerogatives of birth have ceased to be, and when every man derives his strength from himself alone, it becomes evident that the chief cause of disparity between the fortunes of men is the mind. Whatever tends to invigorate, to extend, or to adorn the mind, instantly rises to great value. The utility of knowledge becomes singularly conspicuous even to the eyes of the multitude: those who have no taste for its charms set store upon its results, and make some efforts to acquire it.

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