Aristotle's pupil already realized that we have no power at… - Alain

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Aristotle's pupil already realized that we have no power at all over our passions as long as we do not know their true causes. Many men have refuted fear, and with sound arguments. But a man who is afraid does not listen to arguments; he listens to the beating of his heart and the pulsating of his blood.

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Émile Auguste Chartier (3 March 1868 – 2 June 1951), who wrote under the pseudonym Alain, was a notable French essayist, philosopher, journalist, pacifist and teacher, noted for his profound influence on his pupils, who included Raymond Aron, Simone Weil, Simone de Beauvoir, Georges Canguilhem, and André Maurois.

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Alternative Names: Émile Auguste Chartier • Emile Auguste Chartier • Émile Chartier

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Penser, c'est aller d'erreur en erreur.

It is the human condition to question one god after another, one appearance after another, or better, one apparition after another, always pursuing the truth of the imagination, which is not the same as the truth of appearance.

Notre stoïcien a dix fois raison : Supprime le jugement, tu supprimes le mal

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