The Love Of Americans For Their Country

Thus Society Is Born, As Something Required By Nature, And (because This Nature Is Human Nature) As Something Accomplished Through A Work Of Reason And Will, And Freely Consented To. Man Is A Political Animal, Which Means That The Human Person Craves Political Life, Communal Life, Not Only With Regard To The Family Community, But With Regard To The Civil Community.

It Is Necessary That The Object That The Artist Is Shaping, Whether It Be A Vase Of Clay Or A Fishing Boat, Be Significant Of Something Other Than Itself. This Object Must Be A Sign As Well As An Object; A Meaning Must Animate It, And Make It Say More Than It Is.

Everywhere In The World The Industrial Regime Tends To Make The Unorganized Or Unorganizable Individual, The Pauper, Into The Victim Of A Kind Of Human Sacrifice Offered To The Gods Of Civilization.

The Act Of Philosophizing Involves The Character Of The Philosopher.

The Light Of Common Sense Is Fundamentally The Same Light As That Of Science, That Is To Say, The Natural Light Of The Intellect. But In Common Sense This Light Does Not Return Upon Itself By Critical Reflection, And Is Not Perfected By What We Shall Learn To Know As A Scientific Habit.