4 Quotes & Sayings By Solomon E Asch

Solomon E. Asch was born in 1903 in the town of Lomza, Russian Poland, near Vilna. He was a brilliant child who had a great love of literature, music, and the visual arts. He enrolled at the University of Warsaw in 1917 to study law but switched to philosophy at age 19, studying under Professor Kazimierz Twardowski until 1921 Read more

He graduated with honors and took up residence in the city of Lwów (now Lviv), where he studied under Professor Josef Mengele until 1923. At one point he lived at the Institute for Social Research at Lwów University.

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The human mind is an organ for the discovery of truths rather than of falsehoods. Solomon E. Asch
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Most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated. No error in thinking about social facts is more serious than the failure to see their place and function. Solomon E. Asch
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Life in society requires consensus as an indispensable condition. But consensus, to be productive, requires that each individual contribute independently out of of his experience and insight. Solomon E. Asch