199k views
1 vote
3. According to Emerson, what is the "hobgoblin of little minds"?

User Qwazix
by
6.0k points

1 Answer

7 votes

Answer:

Ralph waldo Emerson once wrote: A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.''His point was that only small-minded men refused to rethink their prior beliefs.

User Manas Kumar
by
6.0k points