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

#Herbert Read

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

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

#Herbert Read

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

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

#Herbert Read

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

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

#Herbert Read

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

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

#Herbert Read

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

The sensitive artist knows that a bitter wind is blowing.

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The sensitive artist knows that a bitter wind is blowing.

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

#Herbert Read

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

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

#Herbert Read

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.

#Herbert Read

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

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

#Herbert Read

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

I am not going to claim that modern anarchism has any direct relation to Roman...

#Herbert Read

I am not going to claim that modern anarchism has any direct relation to Roman...

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

#Herbert Read

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

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

#Herbert Read

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

The modern work of art, as I have said, is a symbol.

#Herbert Read

The modern work of art, as I have said, is a symbol.

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

#Herbert Read

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

I know of no better name than Anarchism.

#Herbert Read

I know of no better name than Anarchism.

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

#Herbert Read

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

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

#Herbert Read

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