Jacques Barzun Quote

The one thing that unifies men in a given age is not their individual philosophies but the dominant problem that these philosophies are designed to solve.


Classic, Romantic, Modern (1961), ch. I: "Romanticism — Dead or Alive?"


The one thing that unifies men in a given age is not their individual philosophies but the dominant problem that these philosophies are designed to...

The one thing that unifies men in a given age is not their individual philosophies but the dominant problem that these philosophies are designed to...

The one thing that unifies men in a given age is not their individual philosophies but the dominant problem that these philosophies are designed to...

The one thing that unifies men in a given age is not their individual philosophies but the dominant problem that these philosophies are designed to...