Julien Benda: Modernity

Julien Benda was French essayist. Explore interesting quotes on modernity.
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“The modern moralists extol … the cult of practical activity in defiance of the disinterested life.”

Source: Treason of the Intellectuals (1927), p. 146

“From his loftiest pulpit the modern clerc assures man that he is great in proportion as he is practical.”

Source: Treason of the Intellectuals (1927), p. 150