“The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit; in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality.”
— Herbert Read
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“The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.”
— Herbert Read
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“I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration.”
— Herbert Read
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“I am not going to claim that modern anarchism has any direct relation to Roman jurisprudence; but I do claim that it has its basis in the laws of nature rather than in the state of nature.”
— Herbert Read
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“The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely analogous to an organic being, but actually a living structure with appetites and digestions, instincts and passions, intelligence and reason.”
— Herbert Read
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“My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.”
— Herbert Read
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“To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values – above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism.”
— Herbert Read
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“The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.”
— Herbert Read
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“Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience – by a wider and deeper apprehension of the significance and scope of human existence.”
— Herbert Read
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“The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals – its philosophers, its poets and its artists.”
— Herbert Read
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“The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group.”
— Herbert Read
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