To a society that inarticulately and thoughtlessly takes itself to be divine, Hegel says, Yes, we are indeed divine, and philosophy can show how this is both possible and necessary. — Merold Westphal Copy Share Image
For the amoral herd that fears boredom above all else, everything becomes entertainment. Sex and sport, politics and the arts are transformed into entertainment.… — Merold Westphal Copy Share Image
To a society that inarticulately and thoughtlessly takes itself to be divine, Hegel says, Yes, we are indeed divine, and philosophy can show how… — Merold Westphal Copy Share Image
To assume that one's existential task is completed when the individual is brought into right relation with society, that is, when the individual has… — Merold Westphal Copy Share Image
In a revolutionary age talk of equality may well have represented a passion to provide full human dignity to those who had previously been… — Merold Westphal Copy Share Image
It is the shared bad faith by which individuals help each other sustain the illusion that they can shirk their spiritual destiny by joining… — Merold Westphal Copy Share Image
