“Immature thought is predominately purposive and utopian. Thought which rejects purpose altogether is the thought of old age. Mature thought combines purpose with observation and analysis.”
Edward Hallett Carr
The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations
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