What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such mystical ethos.

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The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.

The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.

But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or...

But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or...

Creeds and castes, and all forms of intellectual and emotional grouping, belong to the past.

Creeds and castes, and all forms of intellectual and emotional grouping, belong to the past.

A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve...

A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve...

It was Nietzsche who first made us conscious of the significance of the individual as...

It was Nietzsche who first made us conscious of the significance of the individual as...

Freud has shown one thing very clearly: that we only forget our infancy by burying...

Freud has shown one thing very clearly: that we only forget our infancy by burying...

That is why I believe that art is so much more significant than either economics...

That is why I believe that art is so much more significant than either economics...

You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop...

You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop...

The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely...

The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely...

The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the...

The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the...

The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of...

The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of...

The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the...

The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the...

Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper...

Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper...

I have not the slightest doubt that this form of individuation represents a higher stage...

I have not the slightest doubt that this form of individuation represents a higher stage...

The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides...

The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides...

I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration.

I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration.

To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above...

To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above...

There are a few people, but a diminishing number, who still believe that Marxism, as...

There are a few people, but a diminishing number, who still believe that Marxism, as...

Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society.

Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society.

The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised.

The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised.