Man Can Know His World Without Falling

Man Is A Means And Not An End, And He Is A Means To Economic Or Political Ends Which Are Not Really Ends In Themselves But Means To Other Ends Which In Their Turn Are Means And So Ad Infinitum

Every Great Movement In The History Of Western Civilization From The Carolingian Age To The Nineteenth Century Has Been An International Movement Which Owed Its Existence And Its Development To The Cooperation Of Many Different Peoples.

This Freedom Of Political Discussion On The Highest Level Is Something Which Western Civilization Has In Common With That Of Classical Antiquity, But With No Other

You Can Give Men Food And Leisure And Amusements And Good Conditions Of Work, And Still They Will Remain Unsatisfied. You Can Deny Them All These Things, And They Will Not Complain So Long As They Feel That They Have Something To Die For

The Intercourse Between The Mediterranean And The North Or Between The Atlantic And Central Europe Was Never Purely Economic Or Political; It Also Meant The Exchange Of Knowledge And Ideas And The Influence Of Social Institutions And Artistic And Literary Forms