Lionel Trilling Quote

In the American metaphysic, reality is always material reality, hard, resistant, unformed, impenetrable, and unpleasant.


Reality in America, in The Liberal Imagination, 1950


In the American metaphysic, reality is always material reality, hard, resistant, unformed, impenetrable, and unpleasant.

In the American metaphysic, reality is always material reality, hard, resistant, unformed, impenetrable, and unpleasant.

In the American metaphysic, reality is always material reality, hard, resistant, unformed, impenetrable, and unpleasant.

In the American metaphysic, reality is always material reality, hard, resistant, unformed, impenetrable, and unpleasant.