Enthusiastic Partisans Of The Idea Of Progress

Natural Man Did Not Precede Society, Nor Is He Outside It.

Enthusiastic Partisans Of The Idea Of Progress Are In Danger Of Failing To Recognize The Immense Riches Accumulated By The Human Race. By Underrating The Achievements Of The Past, They Devalue All Those Which Still Remain To Be Accomplished.

The Only Phenomenon With Which Writing Has Always Been Concomitant Is The Creation Of Cities And Empires, That Is The Integration Of Large Numbers Of Individuals Into A Political System, And Their Grading Into Castes Or Classes. It Seems To Have Favored The Exploitation Of Human Beings Rather Than Their Enlightenment.

How Can My Old Photographs Fail To Create In Me A Feeling Of Emptiness And Sorrow? They Make Me Acutely Aware That This Second Deprivation Will Be Final This Time.

The Wise Man Doesn't Give The Right Answers, He Poses The Right Questions.