Modern man was not
Modern man was not meant to do his best work before forty but is by nature, and is becoming more so, an afternoon and evening worker. G. Stanley Hall
Modern Man
When you confuse personal
When you confuse personal love and cosmic heroism you are bound to fail in both spheres. The impossibility of the heroism undermines the love, even if it is real. This double failure is what produces the sense of utter despair that we see in modern man… Love, then, is seen a religious problem Ernest Becker
Modern man is drinking
Modern man is drinking and drugging himself out of awareness, or he spends his time shopping, which is the same thing. Ernest Becker
Modern man is a
Modern man is a hard driven nomad without any stability, not (as the Bible has it) a wanderer or a pilgrim, but a refugee-an escapist. Instead of meditation and reflection there is only speed, fear and “distraction. Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
Modern man is assailed
Modern man is assailed on every side and almost without interruption by noise – of the radio, of television, of headlines, of advertising and of the cinema – of which the greatest part, far from enlightening the mind, blunts and stultifies it. Erich Fromm
Modern man, if he
Modern man, if he dared to be articulate about his concept of heaven, would describe a vision which would look like the biggest department store in the world, showing new things and gadgets, and himself having plenty of money with which to buy them. Erich Fromm
Man today is fascinated
Man today is fascinated by the possibility of buying, more, better, and especially, new things. He is consumption hungry… To buy the latest gadget, the latest model of anything that is on the market, is the dream of everybody, in comparison to which the real pleasure in use is quite secondary. Modern man, if the … Read more
Modern man’s happiness consists
Modern man’s happiness consists in the thrill of looking at the shop windows, and in buying all that he can afford to buy, either for cash or on installments. Erich Fromm
Modern man thinks he
Modern man thinks he loses something – time – when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains, except kill it. Erich Fromm
We forget that, although
We forget that, although freedom of speech constitutes an important victory in the battle against old restraints, modern man is in a position where much of what he thinks and says are the things that everybody else thinks and says; that he has not acquired the ability to think originally – that is, for himself … Read more