“It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved.”
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The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality.
Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society.
The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals - its philosophers, its poets and its artists.
I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration.