The more a man thinks the better adapted he becomes to thinking, and education is nothing if it is not the methodical creation of the habit of thinki… - Ernest Dimnet

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The more a man thinks the better adapted he becomes to thinking, and education is nothing if it is not the methodical creation of the habit of thinking. Precisely. Theoretically, education is a mental training aiming at greater intellectual elasticity, but the question is whether education does not often strain, instead of train, a mind.

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About Ernest Dimnet

Ernest Dimnet (1866–1954) was a French priest, writer and lecturer, and author of "The Art of Thinking", a popular book on thinking and reasoning during the 1930s.

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