Robert Heilbroner Quote

Unlike modern man, who dreams of the world he will make, pre-modern man dreamed of the world he left.


Chapter I, Part 3, The Future as the Mirror of the Past, p. 19 - The Future As History (1960)


Unlike modern man, who dreams of the world he will make, pre-modern man dreamed of the world he left.

Unlike modern man, who dreams of the world he will make, pre-modern man dreamed of the world he left.

Unlike modern man, who dreams of the world he will make, pre-modern man dreamed of the world he left.

Unlike modern man, who dreams of the world he will make, pre-modern man dreamed of the world he left.