“The soul contains few secrets and longings which cannot be sensibly discussed, analyzed, and polled. Solitude, the very condition which sustained the individual against and beyond his society, has become technically impossible. Logical and linguistic analysis demonstrate that the old metaphysical problems are illusory problems; the quest for the "meaning" of things can be reformulated as the quest for the meaning of words, and the established universe of discourse and behavior can provide perfectly adequate criteria for the answer.” SoulProblemUniverseIndividualAnswersSecretImpossibleConditionsSolitudeBehaviorLongingAnalysisLogicalQuestsDiscourseMetaphysicalAdequateCriteriaIllusoryMeanings Of Words Book:One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society Source: One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
“Men educate each other in reason by contact or collision, and keep each other sane by the very conflict of their separate hobbies. Society as a whole is the deadly enemy of the particular crotchet of each, and solitude is almost the only condition in which the acorn of conceit can grow to the oak of perfect self-delusion.” MenSelfReasonWholeGrowsPerfectEnemyConditionsParticularSolitudeConflictContactDelusionEducateSaneHobbiesConceitOaksCollisionAcornsSelf Delusion Author:Edwin Percy Whipple
“Solitude is impractical, and society fatal. We must keep our head in the one and our hands in the other. The conditions are met, if we keep our independence, yet do not lose our sympathy.” IfsHandsLosesSocietyConditionsMetsSolitudeIndependenceSympathy Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We need to remember to teach our children that solitude can be a much-to-be-desired condition. Not only is it acceptable to be alone; at times it is positively to be wished for.....In the silence we listen to ourselves. Then we ask questions of ourselves. We describe ourselves to ourselves, and in the quietude we may even hear the voice of God.” NeedsMayChildrenRememberAsksVoiceSilenceTeachConditionsSolitudeOur ChildrenAcceptablePositivelyVoice Of God Author:Maya Angelou
“Solitude is a condition best enjoyed in company.” CompanyConditionsSolitudeEnjoyed Book:The Luminaries Source: The Luminaries