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Herbert Read society

Herbert Read | society

These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army or an orchestra, they function as a single body or whether they are united merely to defend their common interests and otherwise function as separate individuals.

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Herbert Read religion

Herbert Read | religion

I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority.

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Herbert Read religion

Herbert Read | religion

It is already clear, after twenty years of socialism in Russia, that if you do not provide your society with a new religion, it will gradually revert to the old one.

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Herbert Read religion

Herbert Read | religion

We may be sure that out of the ruins of our capitalist civilization a new religion will emerge, just as Christianity emerged from the ruins of the Roman civilization.

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Herbert Read | power

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.

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Herbert Read positive

Herbert Read | positive

The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.

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Herbert Read Nature

Herbert Read | nature

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.

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Herbert Read intelligence

Herbert Read | intelligence

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.

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happiness Herbert Read

Herbert Read | happiness

The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough.

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freedom Herbert Read

Herbert Read | freedom

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.

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