“Nietzsche saw in the Protestant ethic, in both its religious and secular (economic) forms, a final protest before the emergence into dominance… — John Carroll Copy Share Image
“William O'Neill, another historian, observed wryly that many universities prior to the rise of student unrest had at least required hard work… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“Who killed Christianity in Europe? Was it, as (Max) Weber himself predicted, that the spirit of capitalism was bound to destroy the… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
The irony is that in our decades, the combination of rationalism, asceticism, and individualism (the so-called Protestant Ethic) has produced precisely the… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
