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- Care
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The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all other activities of the human spirit could be left to take care of themselves.
- Believe
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That is why I believe that art is so much more significant than either economics or philosophy. It is the direct measure of man's spiritual vision.
- Modern
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The modern work of art, as I have said, is a symbol.
- Art
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It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved.
- Bitter
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The sensitive artist knows that a bitter wind is blowing.
- Political
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The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.
- Country
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There are a few people, but a diminishing number, who still believe that Marxism, as an economic system, off era a coherent alternative to capitalism, and socialism has, indeed, triumphed in one country.
- Everywhere
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man is everywhere still in chains.
- Freedom
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To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism.
- Feeling
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The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know of no better name than Anarchism.
- Certain Degree
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In the evolution of mankind there has always been a certain degree of social coherence.
- Body
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These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army or an orchestra, they function as a single body; or whether they are united merely to defend their common interests and otherwise function as separate individuals.
- More
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The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit; in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the individual is a unit in a corporate mass, his life is not merely brutish and short, but dull and mechanical.
- Personality
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- Nov 07, 2020
You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop as an independent personality, but this does not seem to be true.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020