What The Study Of History

Without Claiming Superiority Of Intellectual Over Visual Understanding, One Is Nevertheless Bound To Admit That The Cinema Allowsa Number Of æsthetic-intellectual Means Of Perception To Remain Unexercised Which Cannot But Lead To A Weakening Of Judgment.

Whether The Aim Is In Heaven Or On Earth, Wisdom Or Wealth, The Essential Condition Of Its Pursuit And Attainment Is Always Security And Order.

The Slogan Offers A Counterweight To The General Dispersion Of Thought By Holding It Fast To A Single, Utterly Succinct And Unforgettable Expression, One Which Usually Inspires Men To Immediate Action. It Abolishes Reflection: The Slogan Does Not Argue, It Asserts And Commands.

The Things Which Can Make Life Enjoyable Remain The Same. They Are, Now As Before, Reading, Music, Fine Arts, Travel, The Enjoyment Of Nature, Sports, Fashion, Social Vanity (knightly Orders, Honorary Offices, Gatherings) And The Intoxication Of The Senses.

Without Metaphor The Handling Of General Concepts Such As Culture And Civilization Becomes Impossible, And That Of Disease And Disorder Is The Obvious One For The Case In Point. Is Not Crisis Itself A Concept We Owe To Hippocrates? In The Social And Cultural Domain No Metaphor Is More Apt Than The Pathological One.