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  • The reward of commercial civilization is the ability to consume a never-ending array of products.There are limits beyond which commodities cannot be multiplied without preventing their consumers from affirming themselves through the exercise of their personal freedom.When market dependence reaches a certain threshold it deprives people of their power to live creatively and to act autonomously. And precisely because this new impotence is so deeply experienced, it is expressed with difficulty.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Exercise Quotes , Civilization Quotes
  • So as long as you can forget your body you are happy and the moment you begin to be aware of your body, you are wretched. So if civilization is any good, it has to help us forget our bodies, and then time passes happily without our knowing it. Help us get rid of our bodies altogether.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : D. H. Lawrence Quotes , Civilization Quotes , Knowing Quotes