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When prejudice commands, reason is silent. — Claude Adrien Helvetius

Philosophical literature

When prejudice commands, reason is silent.

In the original French

Le prejuge commande-t-il? La raison se tait.

Claude Adrien Helvetius
1771
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Prejudice and biasReason
Genre
Philosophical literature
Time
1771
Person
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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Current citation
Helvetius, Claude Andre. A Treatise on Man: His Intellectual Faculties and His Education, translated by W. Hooper. Vol. 2, University of Michigan Press, 2009, ch. 19.
Original citation
Helvetius, Claude Andre. De L'homme, des ses Facultes Intellectuelles et de Son Education [A Treatise on Man: His Intellectual Faculties and His Education]. Vol. 2, London: James Cundee/Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1810, ch. 19.

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