The true dualism I take to be the contrast between two wills, one of which is felt as vital impulse (élan vital) and the other as vital control (frein vital).


Representative Writings (1981), p. xvi

Irving Babbitt Quotes

The true dualism I take to be the contrast between two wills, one of which is felt as vital impulse (élan vital) and the other as vital control...

The true dualism I take to be the contrast between two wills, one of which is felt as vital impulse (élan vital) and the other as vital control...

The true dualism I take to be the contrast between two wills, one of which is felt as vital impulse (élan vital) and the other as vital control...

The true dualism I take to be the contrast between two wills, one of which is felt as vital impulse (élan vital) and the other as vital control...