The very essence of civilized culture is that we deliberately institute, in advance of the happening of various contingencies and emergencies of life, devices for detecting their approach and registering their nature, for warding off what is unfavorable or at least for protecting ourselves from its full impact.


Reason in a Dark Time (ed. Oxford University Press, 2014) - ISBN: 9780199337675


The very essence of civilized culture is that we deliberately institute, in advance of the happening of various contingencies and emergencies of...

The very essence of civilized culture is that we deliberately institute, in advance of the happening of various contingencies and emergencies of...

The very essence of civilized culture is that we deliberately institute, in advance of the happening of various contingencies and emergencies of...

The very essence of civilized culture is that we deliberately institute, in advance of the happening of various contingencies and emergencies of...