Philip Rieff Quote

Psychological man may be going nowhere, but he aims to achieve a certain speed and certainty in going. Like his predecessor, the man of the market economy, he understands morality as that which is conducive to increased activity. The important thing is to keep going.

The Triumph of the Therapeutic: Uses of Faith After Freud (ed. University of Chicago Press, 1987) - ISBN: 9780226716466