History, As The Study Of The Past,

You Only Live A Short Time... And You Are Dead A Long Time.

Every Age Yearns For A More Beautiful World. The Deeper The Desperation And The Depression About The Confusing Present, The More Intense That Yearning.

The Repudiation Of The Primacy Of Understanding Means The Repudiation Of The Norms Of Judgment As Well, And Hence The Abandonment Of All Ethical Standards.

One Does Not Realize The Historical Sensation As A Re-experiencing, But As An Understanding That Is Closely Related To The Understanding Of Music, Or Rather Of The World By Means Of Music.

Do You Know Anything That In All Its Innocence Is More Humiliating Than The Funny Pages Of A Sunday Newspaper In America?