Systematic philosophical and practical anti-intellectualism such as we are witnessing appears to be something truly novel in the history of human culture. Johan Huizinga More Quotes by Johan Huizinga More Quotes From Johan Huizinga But one sound always rose above the clamor of busy life and, no matter how much of a tintinnabulation, was never confused and, fora moment lifted everything into an ordered sphere: that of the bells. Johan Huizinga confused rose history The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism. Johan Huizinga titles survivor hero If a serious statement is defined as one that may be made in terms of waking life, poetry will never rise to the level of seriousness. It lies beyond seriousness, on that more primitive and original level where the child, the animal, the savage, and the seer belong, in the region of dream, enchantment, ecstasy, laughter. To understand poetry we must be capable of donning the child's soul like a magic cloak and of forsaking man's wisdom for the child's. Johan Huizinga laughter dream children In Europe art has to a large degree taken the place of religion. In America it seems rather to be science. Johan Huizinga taken europe art History, as the study of the past, makes the coherence of what happened comprehensible by reducing events to a dramatic pattern and seeming them in a simple form. Johan Huizinga simple history past We are living in a demented world. And we know it. It would not come as a surprise to anyone if tomorrow the madness gave way to afrenzy which would leave our poor Europe in a state of distracted stupor, with engines still turning and flags streaming in the breeze, but with the spirit gone. Johan Huizinga europe war history In order to begin an analysis, there must already be a synthesis present in the mind. Johan Huizinga thoughtful order thinking The awareness of the all-surpassing importance of social groups is now general property in America. Johan Huizinga groups awareness america Every work of history constructs contexts and designs, forms in which past reality can be comprehended. History creates comprehensibility primarily by arranging facts meaningfully and only in a very limited sense by establishing strict causal connections. Johan Huizinga motivational inspirational past Without claiming superiority of intellectual over visual understanding, one is nevertheless bound to admit that the cinema allowsa number of æsthetic-intellectual means of perception to remain unexercised which cannot but lead to a weakening of judgment. Johan Huizinga understanding numbers mean A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than one which contents itself with simple popular practices. Johan Huizinga confusion simple practice A new culture can only grow up in the soil of a purged humanity. Johan Huizinga growing-up humanity culture The susceptibility of the average modern to pictorial suggestion enables advertising to exploit his lessened power of judgment. Johan Huizinga advertising suggestions average Under weak government, in a wide, thinly populated country, in the struggle against the raw natural environment and with the freeplay of economic forces, unified social groups become the transmitters of culture. Johan Huizinga government struggle country Barbarisation may be defined as a cultural process whereby an attained condition of high value is gradually overrun and supersededby elements of lower quality. Johan Huizinga decay elements quality The new knowledge has not yet settled in culture. It has not yet been integrated in a new cosmic conception. Johan Huizinga progress science culture One does not realize the historical sensation as a re-experiencing, but as an understanding that is closely related to the understanding of music, or rather of the world by means of music. Johan Huizinga music mean history Revolution as an ideal concept always preserves the essential content of the original thought: sudden and lasting betterment. Johan Huizinga original-thought aquariums essentials The content of the ideal is a desire to return to the perfection of an imaginary past. Johan Huizinga perfection desire past Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always security and order. Johan Huizinga aquariums heaven order
