“The direction of society has been taken over by a type of man who is not interested in the principles of civilisation. Not of this or that civilisation but from what we can judge today of any civilisation. The type of man dominant today is a primitive one, a Naturmensch rising up in the midst of a civilised world.” MenWorldHas BeensPrinciplesTakenJudgingTypeRisingMidstPrimitiveNot InterestedDominantCivilisationCivilisedRising Up Author:Jose Ortega y Gasset
“The reptiles had taken over the city. Once again they were the dominant form of life. Looking up at the ancient impassive faces, Kerans could understand the curious fear they roused, rekindling archaic memories of the terrifying jungles of the Paleocene, when the reptiles had gone down before the emergent mammals, and sense the implacable hatred one zoological class feels towards another that usurps it.” FeelsFacesFormMemoriesAnimalCitiesClassGoneTakenHatredAncientCuriousDominantJungleMammalsReptiles Book:The Drowned World and the Wind From Nowhere Source: The Drowned World and the Wind From Nowhere