Higher (l)earning

Features a quote from the author's 'The Snobbishness of the Learned'(1936). Opinion that men can gain a reputation in the academic world simply by using long enough words; How a person can become a founder of a school of psychology merely by using the technical terms of physiology in their discourse.
By W.T. Stace, published on May 01, 1995

'A man may write whole books of what is either totally meaningless orpalpably false, and may secure by doing so a wide reputation, provided only that he uses long enough words. . . .If he interlards his whole discourse with the technical terms of physiology, he may become the founder of a school of psychology, and stands a good chance of earning an enormous salary."

Tags: discourse, good chance, physiology, school of psychology, snobishness, whole books

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