José Ortega y Gasset Quote

The direction of society has been taken over by a type of man who is not interested in the principles of civilization. Not of this or that civilization but — from what we can judge today — of any civilization. … The type of man dominant today is a primitive one, a Naturmensch rising up in the midst of a civilized world.


Chap.IX: The Primitive and the Technical - The Revolt of the Masses (1929)


The direction of society has been taken over by a type of man who is not interested in the principles of civilization. Not of this or that...

The direction of society has been taken over by a type of man who is not interested in the principles of civilization. Not of this or that...

The direction of society has been taken over by a type of man who is not interested in the principles of civilization. Not of this or that...

The direction of society has been taken over by a type of man who is not interested in the principles of civilization. Not of this or that...