Herbert Read's Quote - The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic bei

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The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic bei

The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely analogous to an organic being, but actually a living structure with appetites and digestions, instincts and passions, intelligence and reason. – Herbert Read

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These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army or an orchestra, they function as a single body or whether they are united merely to defend their common interests and otherwise function as separate individuals. – Herbert Read

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The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality. – Herbert Read

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The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair. – Herbert Read

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