I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority. religion
The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough. happiness
The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group. society
What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such mystical ethos. society
Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society. society
I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration. society
The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair. attitude & positive