The knowledge of some principles easily compensates for the ignorance of some facts. HELVETIUS Claude-Adrien (1715-1771), French philosopher. Believed that the world is material and infinite in time and space. Supported the doctrine about the decisive role of the environment in the formation of a person. No amount of reasoning is going to help a person see the way that he does not want to see. Romain ROLLAND (1866 - 1944), French writer, novelist and publicist, Nobel Prize winner (1915) Nothing prevents one from seeing, as much as one's own point of view. DON AMINADO (real name Aminad Petrovich Shpoliansky) (1888-1957), Russian poet. Immigrated in 1920. |