Modern Existentialism... is a total European creation, perhaps the last philosophic legacy of Europe to America or whatever other civilization is now… — William Barrett America Copy Share Image
Since the Greeks, Western man has believed that Being, all Being, is intelligible, that there is a reason for everythingand that the… — William Barrett Accepted Copy Share Image
“Positivist man is a curious creature who dwells in the tiny island of light composed of what he finds scientifically "meaningful," while… — William Barrett Cain and abel Copy Share Image
“We have come to understand the phenomena of life only as an assemblage of the lifeless. We take the mechanistic abstractions of… — William Barrett Abstract Copy Share Image
“What emerges from these separate strands of (modern) history is an image of man himself that bears a new, stark, more nearly… — William Barrett Doubt Copy Share Image
The philosopher cannot seriously put to himself questions that his civilization has not lived. — William Barrett Civilization Copy Share Image