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“This fighting-shy of every obligation partly explains the phenomenon, half ridiculous, half disgraceful, Of the setting-up in our days of the platform of "youth" as youth. ... In comic fashion people call themselves "young," because they have heard that youth has more rights than obligations, since it can put off the fulfilment of these latter to the Greek Kalends of maturity. ...[T]he astounding thing at present is that these take it as an effective right precisely in order to claim for themselves all those other rights which only belong to the man who has already done something.”

“Poetry is related to philosophy as experience is related to empirical science. Experience makes us acquainted with the phenomenon in the particular and by means of examples, science embraces the whole of phenomena by means of general conceptions. So poetry seeks to make us acquainted with the Platonic Ideas through the particular and by means of examples. Philosophy aims at teaching, as a whole and in general, the inner nature of things which expresses itself in these. One sees even here that poetry bears more the character of youth, philosophy that of old age.”

Mean Ideas Philosophy Whole Character Age Teaching Example Youth Particular Bears Aim Embrace Old Age Related Poetry Is Phenomenon Conception Platonic

Book:The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 3 of 3)

Source: The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 3 of 3)

“The youth rebellion [1968] is a worldwide phenomenon that has not been seen before in history. I do not believe they will calm down ad be ad execs at thirty as the Establishment would like us to believe.”

Believe Youth Calm Thirty Rebellion Phenomenon Ads Establishment Calm Down

Author:William S. Burroughs

“The aspiration to save the world is a morbid phenomenon of today's youth.”

World Today Youth Aspiration Phenomenon Save The World Morbid Today's Youth

Author:Marilyn Manson