To modern civilized men, especially in their intervals of sober reflection, all these things that distinguish the barbarian civilizations seem of dubious value... futile in comparison with the achievements of science.


The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays, The Place of Science in Modern Civilization (p. 3), B.W. Huebsch. 1919

Thorstein Veblen Quotes

To modern civilized men, especially in their intervals of sober reflection, all these things that distinguish the barbarian civilizations seem of...

To modern civilized men, especially in their intervals of sober reflection, all these things that distinguish the barbarian civilizations seem of...

To modern civilized men, especially in their intervals of sober reflection, all these things that distinguish the barbarian civilizations seem of...

To modern civilized men, especially in their intervals of sober reflection, all these things that distinguish the barbarian civilizations seem of...