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Jean Cardinal Daniélou
(14 May 1905 - 20 May 1974)
French theologian and historian who wrote several historical studies on theological topics. Through translations, his ideas on religious history, philosophy, ethics, and theology have been spread to lay and scholarly readers throughout the world. He was elected to the French Academy in the year before he died.
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Science Quotes by Jean Cardinal Daniélou (1 quote)
The most dangerous tendency of the modern world is the way in which bogus theories are given the force of dogma.
— Jean Cardinal Daniélou
The Lord of History (1958), 103.
At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes--an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense. -- Carl Sagan
