“The relation of the soul to the body is like that of a house to its bricks. The soul is a principle of organisation, which governs the flesh and endows it with meaning. It is no more separable from the flesh than is the house from its bricks, even if the soul may survive the gradual replacement of every bodily part.” IfsMaySoulBodyHousePrinciplesRelationFleshBricksOrganisationReplacements Author:Roger Scruton
“When many people individually get what they want, the result may be something they collectively dislike.” PeopleWantMayResultsDislike Author:Roger Scruton
“Freedom can reside only in a point of view, a way of looking upon the system of necessity.Surely this is the one freedom that we may attain to: not to be released from physical reality, but to understand reality and ourselves as part of it, and so be reconciled to what we are.” WayMayRealityViewsPoint Of View Author:Roger Scruton
“Styles may change, details may come and go, but the broad demands of aesthetic judgement are permanent.” MayStyleDemandDetailsPermanentJudgementBroadsAestheticComes And Goes Author:Roger Scruton
“There are no chords in modernist architecture, only lines - lines that may come to an end, but that achieve no closure” MayEndsLinesAchieveArchitectureChordsClosure Author:Roger Scruton