Charles Frankel Professions : Philosopher Born : December 13, 1917 Died : May 10, 1979 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Charles Frankel Anxiety is the essential condition of intellectual and artistic creation and everything that is finest in human history. Charles Frankel anxiety intellectual worry Because of our Congressional committee system, our government is closer to a gerontocracy than a democracy. Charles Frankel committees democracy government Whatever happens in a government could have happened differently, and it usually would have been better if it had. Charles Frankel whatever-happens happened government The partisans of eugenic planning hear that other music, the music that says that there shall be nothing random in the world, nothing independent, nothing moved by its own vitality, nothing out of keeping with some idea: even our children must not be our progeny, but our creation. Charles Frankel independent children ideas Similar Authors F. H. Bradley philosopher Irving Copi philosopher Ivan Ilyin philosopher Ivan Illich philosopher Bion of Borysthenes philosopher Bonaventure philosopher All Authors