The task of the real intellectual consists of analyzing illusions in order to discover their causes." - Meaning and context.">
As quoted in Federalism and the French Canadians (1968) by Pierre Trudeau, p. 175

The task of the real intellectual consists of analyzing illusions in order to discover their causes.

— Arthur Miller

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Arthur Miller

About Arthur Miller

Arthur Asher Miller (17 October 1915 – 10 February 2005) was an American playwright, essayist, and author. Widely recognized as one of the most significant American playwrights of the 20th Century, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1949 for Death of a Salesman.