We may be sure that out of the ruins of our capitalist civilization a new religion will emerge, just as Christianity emerged from the ruins of the Roman civilization.

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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 principle of equity first came into evidence in Roman jurisprudence and was derived by...

The principle of equity first came into evidence in Roman jurisprudence and was derived by...

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 only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all...

The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all...

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...

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...

The sensitive artist knows that a bitter wind is blowing.

The sensitive artist knows that a bitter wind is blowing.