On The One Hand, Life Is Made

Secrecy Sets Barriers Between Men, But At The Same Time Offers The Seductive Temptation To Break Through The Barriers By Gossip Or Confession.

Thus, The Technique Of Metropolitan Life Is Unimaginable Without The Most Punctual Integration Of All Activities And Mutual Relations Into A Stable And Impersonal Time Schedule.

The Deepest Problems Of Modern Life Derive From The Claim Of The Individual To Preserve The Autonomy And Individuality Of His Existence In The Face Of Overwhelming Social Forces, Of Historical Heritage, Of External Culture, And Of The Technique Of Life.

The Intellectually Sophisticated Person Is Indifferent To All Genuine Individuality, Because Relationships And Reactions Result From It Which Cannot Be Exhausted With Logical Operations.

Nothing More Can Be Attempted Than To Establish The Beginning And The Direction Of An Infinitely Long Road. The Pretension Of Any Systematic And Definitive Completeness Would Be, At Least, A Self-illusion. Perfection Can Here Be Obtained By The Individual Student Only In The Subjective Sense That He Communicates Everything He Has Been Able To See.