The Crisis Consists Precisely In The Fact

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.

If You Think About It Seriously, All The Questions About The Soul And The Immortality Of The Soul And Paradise And Hell Are At Bottom Only A Way Of Seeing This Very Simple Fact: That Every Action Of Ours Is Passed On To Others According To Its Value, Of Good Or Evil, It Passes From Father To Son, From One Generation To The Next, In A Perpetual Movement.

The Starting-point Of Critical Elaboration Is The Consciousness Of What One Really Is, And Is 'knowing Thyself'as A Product Of The Historical Processes To Date, Which Has Deposited In You An Infinity Of Traces, Without Leaving An Inventory.

Driving Forward Is The Chief Characteristic Of Western Man Since The Sumerians. His Dread Triad Of Vices Is Property-holding, Voraciousness, And Lust.

It Indicates A Person Who Has Not Only Good Manners But Who Possesses A Sense Of Balance, A Sure Mastery Of Himself, A Moral Discipline That Permits Him To Subordinate Voluntarily His Own Selfish Interest To The Wider Interests Of The Society In Which He Lives. The Gentleman, Therefore Is A Cultural Person In The Noblest Sense Of The Word, If By Culture We Mean Not Simply Wealth Of Intellectual Knowledge But Also The Ability To Fulfil One's Duty And Understand One's Fellow Man By Respecting / Every Principle, Every Opinion, Every Faith That Is Sincerely Professed.