Barbarian Quotes

Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they appear to be going, whether they wish to go there, and if so, why, and if not, why not. - Isaiah Berlin quote.

Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they appear to be going, whether they wish to go there, and if so, why, and if not, why not.

The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices. - William Hazlitt quote.

The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.

Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made. - Jose Ortega y Gasset quote.

Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made.
— Jose Ortega y Gasset The Revolt of the Masses

I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more and less pronounced according to the play of circumstances. - Simone Weil quote.

I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more and less pronounced according to the play of circumstances.

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