It is true that the last two centuries have accustomed man to a workload unthinkable in other times. From this we can see that, as far as literature is concerned, the works of great authors have taken on greater proportions: today, the natural thing is for serious writers to be like typewriters and to produce, time permitting, dozens of volumes. What can we conclude? First, that perhaps fecundity has become vulgar, as it is almost a contemporary requirement; second, that, as a result, one can no longer associate fecundity with the old estrus, since the former has become as automated by the spirit of this time; finally, that perhaps one has to admit that such fecundity entails a vice—a vice which, more than ever, one must be careful to avoid…
Tag: behavior
There Are No More Despicable Human Models…
There are no more despicable human models than those who, when faced with real or imaginary inferiority, make a point of humiliating. Words are lacking… Such a manifestation of bad nature only occurs in vile spirits, deserving of the fullest contempt in all spheres. The satisfaction they derive from this arrogance, which seems to elevate their sense of importance, should, in a just world, be followed by a humiliation so complete that it would forbid, until the end of their lives, the mere idea that they might perhaps be superior to someone else in something.
There Is Nothing More Comfortable for the Inconsequent…
There is nothing more comfortable for the inconsequent, the coward, the immature and the scoundrel than Freud’s ideas, which attribute human action either to an uncontrollable impulse or to unconscious conditioning, always exempting the individual from responsibility for his own actions. The fault, then, is never in the being that deliberately chooses, because he can never do so, since he is dominated by superior forces from which he can never free himself. Freud’s enormous success stems mainly from the fact that he greatly stimulated the human propensity to victimization, which is infinitely more comfortable than the thankless path of maturity. If psychoanalysis were not obscene, it would be fair to compare it to a grandmother incapable of giving her innocent grandchild any treatment other than that of rubbing her hand on his head and giving him a piece of sponge cake.
It Is Interesting to Observe the Phenomenon…
It is interesting to observe the phenomenon underway in higher education. At the same speed that universities are becoming diploma factories and, in the case of the humanities, tools of political indoctrination, the demand for independent professors, who teach what they want, what they are passionate about and consider fundamental, without worrying about guidelines outlined by any authority whatsoever, nor about dwelling on what others say is important, is increasing. Thus, we clearly distinguish two groups: those thirsty for diplomas, and those thirsty for learning. It is hard to assume that the day will come when pitiful courses like these humanities ones will be universally regarded as obsolete, but it seems inevitable that in the near future someone will catch on to such a trend and found a major educational institution that will bring together such teachers and such students, an institution that will rescue the purpose of education and, whether it provides diplomas or not, will behave in the way they all should behave.