In Fact, Violence As A Symbol Of

The Traditional Christian Attitude Toward Human Personality Was That Human Nature Was Essentially Good And That It Was Formed And Modified By Social Pressures And Training.

A Fully Integrated Culture Would Be Like The Dinosaurs, Which Had To Perish Because They Were No Longer Able To Adapt Themselves To Changes In The External Environment.

The Failure Of Christianity In The Areas West From Sicily Was Even Greater, And Was Increased By The Spread Of Arab Outlooks And Influence To That Area, And Especially To Spain.

The Problem Of Meaning Today Is The Problem Of How The Diverse And Superficially Self-contradictory Experiences Of Men Can Be Put Into A Consistent Picture That Will Provide Contemporary Man With A Convincing Basis From Which To Live And To Act.

The Hope For The Twentieth Century Rests On Recognition That War And Depression Are Man-made, And Needless. They Can Be Avoided In The Future By Turning From The Nineteenth-century Characteristics Just Mentioned (materialism, Selfishness, False Values, Hypocrisy, And Secret Vices) And Going Back To Other Characteristics That Our Western Society Has Always Regarded As Virtues: Generosity, Compassion, Cooperation, Rationality, And Foresight, And Finding A Increased Role In Human Life For Love, Spirituality, Charity, And Self Discipline.