Richard M. Weaver Quotes about Progress

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Man ... feels lost without the direction-finder provide by progress.

Man ... feels lost without the direction-finder provide by progress.

Men, Progress, Lost

Richard M. Weaver (1985). “The Ethics of Rhetoric”, p.216, Psychology Press

Somehow the notion has been loosed that nature is hostile to man or that her ways are offensive or slovenly, so that every step of progress is measured by how far we have altered these. Nothing short of a recovery of the ancient virtue of pietas can absolve man from this sin.

Richard M. Weaver

Recovery, Men, Progress

Richard M. Weaver (2013). “Ideas Have Consequences”, p.171, University of Chicago Press

Progress never defines its ultimate objective but thrusts its victims at once into an infinite series,' Mr. [John Crowe] Ransom said' 'Industrialism,' he declared, 'is rightfully a menial, of almost miraculous cunning, but no intelligence; it needs to be strongly governed, or it will destroy the economy of the household. Only a community of tough conservative habit can master it.

Richard M. Weaver

Community, Progress, Needs

Richard M. Weaver Quotes about Progress

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