 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
The dictum that human nature cannot be changed is one of those tiresome platitudes that conceal from the ignorant the depths of their own ignorance. None of those who utter this platitude know anything about the investigations of psychologists into what is congenital and what is acquired in the character of an adult.
Source: New Hopes for a Changing World, 1951, chapter 16: Ideas which have become obsolete
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