Man is a means and not an end, and he is a means to economic or political ends which are not really ends in themselves but means to other ends which in their turn are means and so ad infinitum.

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No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and...

No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and...

But the West did not last long enough. Its folk myths and heroes became stage...

But the West did not last long enough. Its folk myths and heroes became stage...

Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate...

Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate...

The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language.

The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language.

You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and...

You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and...

It is impossible for us to understand the Church if we regard her as subject...

It is impossible for us to understand the Church if we regard her as subject...

As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then...

As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then...

Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life,...

Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life,...

The Church as a divine society possess an internal principle of life which is capable...

The Church as a divine society possess an internal principle of life which is capable...

As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then...

As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then...

Man can know his world without falling back on revelation; he can live his life...

Man can know his world without falling back on revelation; he can live his life...

It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature,...

It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature,...

And so, today, if the state can no longer appeal to the old moral principles...

And so, today, if the state can no longer appeal to the old moral principles...

Every great movement in the history of Western civilization from the Carolingian age to the...

Every great movement in the history of Western civilization from the Carolingian age to the...

For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities...

For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities...

Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in theorder of culture, as are...

Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in theorder of culture, as are...

No society lies nearer to the cyclonic path of the forces of world change than...

No society lies nearer to the cyclonic path of the forces of world change than...

It is true that Christianity is not bound up with any particular race or culture....

It is true that Christianity is not bound up with any particular race or culture....

If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what...

If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what...

This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has...

This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has...