“Prejudices must be removed by outside influences or not at all.”
- Source
- What Is Man?
- Date
- 1906
- Local voice
- Dialogue speaker · Old Man
Meaning of “Prejudices must be removed by outside influences or…”
The Old Man argues that entrenched assumptions change through encounters, teaching, experience, and other influences rather than simply disappearing by private command.
Where does it come from?
What Is Man?, opening dialogue between the Old Man and Young Man; this sentence belongs to the Old Man’s deterministic argument about education and outside influence.
Why the local voice matters
What Is Man?, opening dialogue between the Old Man and Young Man; this sentence belongs to the Old Man’s deterministic argument about education and outside influence.