we need more lovable eccentrics

29 12 2004

This kind of reads like one of those spamquotes that the purveyours of levitra were flooding my blog with a while back. But it’s a great quote all the same, and coming from one of my favourite utilitarians, it’s a hint towards proof that pragmatism can coexist with creative dissonance and the will to individuality:

“Eccentricity has always abounded where and when strength of character has abounded: and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor and moral courage it contained. That so few dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time”

–John Stuart Mill

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  • Date : 29 December 2004
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29 12 2004
Preoccupations (09:46:55) :

Eccentricity

Eccentricity has always abounded where and when strength of character has abounded: and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour and moral courage it contained. That so few dare