The Chief Business Of Seventeenth-century Philosophy Was

What A Man Is Ashamed Of Is Always At Bottom Himself; And He Is Ashamed Of Himself At Bottom Always For Being Afraid.

The Romantic Artist Expects People To Ask, 'what Has He Got To Say?' The Classical Artist Expects Them To Ask, 'how Does He Say It?

Like Other Revolutionaries I Can Thank God For The Reactionaries. They Clarify The Issue.

History Is For Human Self-knowledge. Knowing Yourself Means Knowing, First, What It Is To Be A Person; Secondly, Knowing What It Is To Be The Kind Of Person You Are; And Thirdly, Knowing What It Is To Be The Person You Are And Nobody Else Is. Knowing Yourself Means Knowing What You Can Do; And Since Nobody Knows What They Can Do Until They Try, The Only Clue To What Man Can Do Is What Man Has Done. The Value Of History, Then, Is That It Teaches Us What Man Has Done And Thus What Man Is.

The Children Of Each Generation Are Taught To Want What They Are Taught They Must Not Have.