Man Eternally Tries To Get

All Communication Involves Faith; Indeed, Some Linguisticians Hold That The Potential Obstacles To Acts Of Verbal Understanding Are So Many And Diverse That It Is A Minor Miracle That They Take Place At All.

Today, Nostalgia Is Almost As Unacceptable As Racism.

Negativity Is Often Looked Upon [in The Usa] As A Kind Of Thought Crime. Not Since The Advent Of Socialist Realism Has The World Witnessed Such Pathological Upbeatness.

Schizophrenic Language Has In This Sense An Interesting Resemblance To Poetry.

We Face A Conflict Between Civilisation And Culture, Which Used To Be On The Same Side. Civilisation Means Rational Reflection, Material Wellbeing, Individual Autonomy And Ironic Self-doubt; Culture Means A Form Of Life That Is Customary, Collective, Passionate, Spontaneous, Unreflective And Arational.