The Crisis of the European Mind Quotes

“Against the nationalistic prejudices of the various peoples, the idea of universal egalitarianism could make no headway.”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind, 1680-1715

“know that you will never take a soul by force:”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“Do not underestimate the remedial effects of good humour;”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“You are by nature evil”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“Nature abhors a vacuum.”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“Prejudices came of giving children and young people the most pitiable rubbish to swallow”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“The thing to note”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“If they do”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“The trouble”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“The only thing is”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“He recognized the fact that any nation which has a way of life”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“Claiming to think for themselves”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“WHEREAS for some years past an obscure person”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“The same theory which serves as a weapon against error”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“He invites the reader to bring his mind to bear on questions of the gravest import; could there be anything more important than knowing what you believe”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“incertum quo fata ferrent,”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“However”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“When”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“Our author . . . . Two ladies errant has exposed to view: The first a damsel”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“Demolishing the arguments of one’s predecessors was a comparatively simple matter. The constructive part of the business was not so easy.”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“What”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“All their dates and periods are a hopeless tangle. They are very hazy even about the correct dates of their national festivals.”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“It is certain that”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“This voice so clear”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“However, as they also pointed out that it behoved them to champion the cause of their king, their country and their creed, it was clear that they would have to take sides in every discussion, and that their main object would be, not so much to discover the truth, as to ensure the triumph of their version of it.”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“To quote the words of M. Cordemoy, tutor to the Dauphin, “A man is far better employed in effectively displaying the facts of history, than in digging out the evidence for them. It is better for him to aim at infusing beauty, power, precision and brevity into his composition, than at acquiring a reputation for factual infallibility in everything he writes”.”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“The recipe is always the same. It invariably begins with a reference to some manuscript which has been carefully handed down, or else miraculously brought to light. How is it that this sort of thing never loses its fascination for story-writers? They all use it unblushingly, one after another, as if they had each hit on something entirely new.”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“Those who travel in European countries are for the most part sober-minded observers enough; travellers in America, Africa or Asia, fired by the spirit of adventure, or by greed, or by zeal, are considerably more excitable; while those who travel in the Land of Make-Believe know no restraint at all.”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“These Siamese allow a free field to all manner of religions, and their king gives Christian missionaries full leave to preach in all the towns and cities of his dominions. Are Europeans as generous and as tolerant as that? What would they say if the Talapoins (such is the name they give their priests) were to take it into their heads to come and preach their religion in France? The Siamese religion is, of course, quite preposterous;”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715

“It was given out, for example, that when the King of Siam was exhorted to become a convert to Christianity, his answer was that had it been the will of Divine Providence that a single religion should prevail in the world, nothing could have been easier for Divine Providence than to execute its design.”
― Paul Hazard, The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715