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“The modern moralists extol ... the cult of practical activity in defiance of the disinterested life.”

Modern Activity Practicals Cult Defiance Disinterested Moralist

Book:The Treason of the Intellectuals

Source: The Treason of the Intellectuals

“Modern transcendental idealism, Emersonianism, for instance, also seems to let God evaporate into abstract Ideality. Not a deity in concreto, not a superhuman person, but the immanent divinity in things, the essentially spiritual structure of the universe, is the object of the transcendentalist cult. In that address of the graduating class at Divinity College in 1838 which made Emerson famous, the frank expression of this worship of mere abstract laws was what made the scandal of the performance.”

“We are in danger of developing a cult of the Common Man, which means a cult of mediocrity.”

Men Mean Common Modern Danger Developing Mediocrity Cult Modern Life Common Man

Book:Addresses Upon the American Road

Source: Addresses Upon the American Road

“Among modern occupations, only cult leaders and TV weathermen rival the technological visionary's ability to retain credibility despite all evidence to the contrary.”

Ability Leader Modern Tvs Evidence Contrary Despite Occupation Technological Cult Rivals Credibility Visionaries Weathermen

Author:Nathan Myhrvold

“Modern society has not rid itself of religion, as it fondly believes; it has merely replaced the historical religions by a host of idolatrous cults struggling for possession of the soul of man.”

Men Believe Soul Struggle Modern Historical Possession Host Replaced Cult Modern Society

Author:Will Herberg