We do not ask ourselves what the ultimate ideas behind our civilization are that have brought us into this danger; we do not search for the human face behind the bewildering array of instruments that man has forged; in a word, we do not dare to be philosophical.


Chapter One, The Advent of Existentialism, p. 3 - Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy (1958)

William Barrett Quotes

We do not ask ourselves what the ultimate ideas behind our civilization are that have brought us into this danger; we do not search for the human...

We do not ask ourselves what the ultimate ideas behind our civilization are that have brought us into this danger; we do not search for the human...

We do not ask ourselves what the ultimate ideas behind our civilization are that have brought us into this danger; we do not search for the human...

We do not ask ourselves what the ultimate ideas behind our civilization are that have brought us into this danger; we do not search for the human...