Ernest Dimnet
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Ernest Dimnet French priest, writer and lecturer, is the author of The Art of Thinking, a popular book on thinking and reasoning during the 1930s. Born in France
, he moved to the United States
after the First World War. The Art of Thinking was on the best-seller lists in the US in the 1930s, alongside Dale Carnegie
's self-help works, but it is mostly forgotten today. Dimnet's "The art of thinking" invites the reader into a state of honesty where he evaluates himself as a thoughtful human being. Dimnet brings up the fact that we too often only "think of thinking" about something instead of actually thinking. He provides useful tips and advice on how to improve ones' concentration, and even endeavors to answer some timeless and all-important questions such "how do I find myself." Finding an answer to these questions, Dimnet explains, is crucial to the production of any original thought. We must know ourselves in order to think for ourselves.
http://creativequotations.com/one/94.htm - Quotes from Ernest Dimnet.
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Thinking-Ernest-Dimnet/dp/1417905867 - Available copies of The Art of Thinking.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, he moved to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
after the First World War. The Art of Thinking was on the best-seller lists in the US in the 1930s, alongside Dale Carnegie
Dale Carnegie
Dale Breckenridge Carnegie was an American writer, lecturer, and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills...
's self-help works, but it is mostly forgotten today. Dimnet's "The art of thinking" invites the reader into a state of honesty where he evaluates himself as a thoughtful human being. Dimnet brings up the fact that we too often only "think of thinking" about something instead of actually thinking. He provides useful tips and advice on how to improve ones' concentration, and even endeavors to answer some timeless and all-important questions such "how do I find myself." Finding an answer to these questions, Dimnet explains, is crucial to the production of any original thought. We must know ourselves in order to think for ourselves.
http://creativequotations.com/one/94.htm - Quotes from Ernest Dimnet.
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Thinking-Ernest-Dimnet/dp/1417905867 - Available copies of The Art of Thinking.