Stuart Chase
Stuart Chase
Stuart Chasewas an American economist, social theorist and writer. His writings covered topics as diverse as general semantics and physical economy. Chase's thought was shaped by Henry George, economic philosopher Thorstein Veblen, Fabian socialism, as well as the Communist social and educational experiments being conducted in the Soviet Union around 1930.; Chase spent his early political career supporting "a wide range of reform causes: the single tax, women's suffrage, birth control and socialism." Chase's early books The Tragedy of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
Stuart Chase quotes about
Common sense is that which tells us the world is flat.
We live in an ocean of words, but like a fish in water we are often not aware of it.
For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.
For the individual, as I can testify, a brief grounding in semantics, besides making philosophy unreadable, makes unreadable most political speeches, classical economic theory, after-dinner oratory, diplomatic notes, newspaper editorials, treatises on pedagogics and education, expert financial comment, dissertations on money and credit, accounts of debates, and Great Thoughts from Great Thinkers in general. You would be surprised at the amount of time this saves.
Traditional nationalism cannot survive the fissioning of the atom. One world or none.
Democracy, as has been said of Christianity, has never really been tried.
Your liberty to swing your arms ends where my nose begins.