Every Age Is Blind To Its Own

To Recognize That Some Of The Things Our Culture Believes Are Not True Imposes On Us The Duty Of Finding Out Which Are True And Which Are Not.

In America We Have Only The Bourgeoisie, And The Love Of The Heroic Is One Of The Few Counterpoises Available To Us. In Us The Contempt For The Heroic Is Only An Extension Of The Perversion Of The Democratic Principle That Denies Greatness And Wants Everyone To Feel Comfortable In His Skin Without Having To Suffer Unpleasant Comparisons. Students Have Not The Slightest Notion Of What An Achievement It Is To Free Oneself From Public Guidance And Find Resources For Guidance Within Oneself.

The Most Successful Tyranny Is Not The One That Uses Force To Assure Uniformity But The One That Removes The Awareness Of Other Possibilities, That Makes It Seem Inconceivable That Other Ways Are Viable, That Removes The Sense That There Is An Outside.

The Most Important Function Of The University In An Age Of Reason Is To Protect Reason From Itself.

The Facile Economic And Psychological Debunking Of The Theoretical Life Cannot Do Away With Its Irreducible Beauties.