The group swallows the individual

on Wednesday, 01 March 1961. Posted in Food for Thought

"Goethe's message to the mem of today is the same as to the men of his time and to the men of all times: "Strive for true humanity! Become yourself a man who is true to his inner nature, a man whose deed is in tune with his character."

"But, the question arises, can we still achieve such human personality in the midst of the frightfull circumstances of today? Is the least sign of material and of spiritual independence, which the individual must possess if he is to realize this end to be found amongst us? The circumstances of our time are indeed such that material independence is hardly known any more by the men of today, and even their spiritual independence is sorely threatened. All kinds of unnatural conditions are developing daily amongst us, in such a way that man ceases to feel any longer that he is in every respect a being that belongs to nature and to himself, and becomes more and more a creature submissive to society.

"So the question is raised which would have been considered impossible only a few decades ago: do we still desire to remain faithful to the ideal of human personality even in the midst of hostile circumstances, or are we now on the contrary loyal to a new ideal for humanity which ordains that man shall achieve a differently ordered fulfilment of his nature in the restless merging of his being in organized society?

"What, however, can this mean except that we, like Faust, have erred terribly in detaching "ourselves from nature and in surrendering ourselves to the unnatural?"

-Albert Schweitzer in Goethe

(Beacon Press) p. 54 as quoted in The Social Crediter, Jan. 7, 1961

These is only one sane objective of government and that is to make it easier for everybody to do those things that are possible.

Major C. H DOUGLAS

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