“Thought must be judged by something that is not thought, by its effect on production or its impact on social conduct, as art today is being ultimately gauged in every detail by something that is not art, be it box-office or propaganda value.”

describing the pragmatist view, p. 51.
Eclipse of Reason (1947)

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