Pessimism Of The Spirit; Optimism Of The

From The Moment When A Subordinate Class Becomes Really Independent And Dominant, Calling Into Being A New Type Of State, The Need Arises Concretely, Of Building A New Intellectual And Moral Order, I.e. A New Type Of Society, And Hence The Need To Elaborate The Most Universal Concepts, The Most Refined And Decisive Ideological Weapons.

I'm A Pessimist Because Of Intelligence, But An Optimist Because Of Will.

The People Themselves Are Not A Homogeneous Cultural Collectivity But Present Numerous And Variously Combined Cultural Stratifications Which, In Their Pure Form, Cannot Always Be Identified Within Specific Historical Popular Collectivities.

After Puberty The Personality Develops Impetuously And All Extraneous Intervention Becomes Odious.... Now It So Happens That Parents Feel The Responsibility Towards Their Children Precisely During This Second Period, When It Is Too Late.

Economy And Ideology. The Claim (presented As An Essential Postulate Of Historical Materialism) That Every Fluctuation Of Politics And Ideology Can Be Presented And Expounded As An Immediate Expression Of The Structure, Must Be Contested In Theory As Primitive Infantilism, And Combated In Practice With The Authentic Testimony Of Marx, The Author Of Concrete Political And Historical Works.