Systematic philosophical and practical anti-intellectualism such as we are witnessing appears to be something truly novel in the history of human culture.

Quote by Johan Huizinga

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These are strange times. Reason, which once combatted faith and seemed to have conquered it,...

These are strange times. Reason, which once combatted faith and seemed to have conquered it,...

Play is a uniquely adaptive act, not subordinate to some other adaptive act, but with...

Play is a uniquely adaptive act, not subordinate to some other adaptive act, but with...

Every age yearns for a more beautiful world. The deeper the desperation and the depression...

Every age yearns for a more beautiful world. The deeper the desperation and the depression...

The second fundamental feature of culture is that all culture has an element of striving.

The second fundamental feature of culture is that all culture has an element of striving.

Culture must have its ultimate aim in the metaphysical or it will cease to be...

Culture must have its ultimate aim in the metaphysical or it will cease to be...

Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition...

Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition...

An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is...

An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is...

A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than...

A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than...

Physical nature lies at our feet shackled with a hundred chains. What of the control...

Physical nature lies at our feet shackled with a hundred chains. What of the control...

If we are to preserve culture we must continue to create it.

If we are to preserve culture we must continue to create it.

It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed...

It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed...

History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us.

History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us.

The susceptibility of the average modern to pictorial suggestion enables advertising to exploit his lessened...

The susceptibility of the average modern to pictorial suggestion enables advertising to exploit his lessened...

In Europe art has to a large degree taken the place of religion. In America...

In Europe art has to a large degree taken the place of religion. In America...

History can predict nothing except that great changes in human relationships will never come about...

History can predict nothing except that great changes in human relationships will never come about...

Life is made too easy. Mankind's moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence...

Life is made too easy. Mankind's moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence...

We can't put up a protectionist dam on our own against the neo-liberal world market...

We can't put up a protectionist dam on our own against the neo-liberal world market...

Culture means control over nature.

Culture means control over nature.

From whichever angle one looks at it, the application of racial theories remains a striking...

From whichever angle one looks at it, the application of racial theories remains a striking...

History creates comprehensibility primarily by arranging facts meaningfully and only in a very limited sense...

History creates comprehensibility primarily by arranging facts meaningfully and only in a very limited sense...