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The Life of Reason, Vol. 1 · 1905
Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker defines fanaticism as a peculiar mix of intensity and confusion: working ever harder after the purpose has slipped from mind. Energy substitutes for direction, so more effort is poured into an activity whose reason is gone, making the zeal itself the problem.
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