When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.
Wise men still seek Him today. - Daniel Bell
Wise men still seek Him today.
- Daniel Bell
... Art is a soaring exercise of the human imagination. - Daniel Bell
... Art is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.
I am too weary to listen, too angry to hear. - Daniel Bell
I am too weary to listen, too angry to hear.
But in action, one defies one's character. - Daniel Bell
But in action, one defies one's character.
Art is an end in itself; its values are intrinsic. - Daniel Bell
Art is an end in itself; its values are intrinsic.
Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism. - Daniel Bell
Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism.
The intellectual takes as a starting point his self and relates the world to his own sensibilities; the scientist accepts an existing field of knowle… - Daniel Bell
The intellectual takes as a starting point his self and relates the world to his own sensibilities; the scientist accepts an existing field of knowle…
One simply turns to the ideological vending machine, and out comes the prepared formulae. - Daniel Bell
One simply turns to the ideological vending machine, and out comes the prepared formulae.
The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the moment; the philosopher seeks what he conceives t… - Daniel Bell
The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the moment; the philosopher seeks what he conceives t…
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