3 Quotes by Philip Rieff

Religious man was born to be saved, psychological man is born to be pleased.

-Philip Rieff

  • Author Philip Rieff
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    Psychological man may be going nowhere, but he aims to achieve a certain speed and certainty in going. Like his predecessor, the man of the market economy, he understands morality as that which is conducive to increased activity. The important thing is to keep going.

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    #morality #psychology
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Psychological man may be going nowhere, but he aims to achieve a certain speed and certainty in going. Like his predecessor, the man of the market economy, he understands morality as that which is conducive to increased activity. The important thing is to keep going.

-Philip Rieff

  • Author Philip Rieff
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    Whether or not a monarch or a mass leader has great executive ability or power, modern politics suggests that his primary function may well be psychological; he acts as a center around which otherwise disturbed lives can be organized.

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    #freud #politics #psychology
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Whether or not a monarch or a mass leader has great executive ability or power, modern politics suggests that his primary function may well be psychological; he acts as a center around which otherwise disturbed lives can be organized.

-Philip Rieff

 

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