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

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Nobody seriously believes in the social philosophies of the immediate past.

Nobody seriously believes in the social philosophies of the immediate past.

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...

These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army...

These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art...

It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art...

My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even...

My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even...

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 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...

If the individual is a unit in a corporate mass, his life is not merely...

If the individual is a unit in a corporate mass, his life is not merely...

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...

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.

The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough.

The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough.

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 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...

We may be sure that out of the ruins of our capitalist civilization a new...

We may be sure that out of the ruins of our capitalist civilization a new...

In the evolution of mankind there has always been a certain degree of social coherence.

In the evolution of mankind there has always been a certain degree of social coherence.

Man is everywhere still in chains. Morality, as has often been pointed out, is antecedent...

Man is everywhere still in chains. Morality, as has often been pointed out, is antecedent...