I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority.
The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group.
What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such mystical ethos.
The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.
Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society.
The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough.
I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration.