“Man is the symbol using animal, inventor of the negative, separated from his natural condition by instruments of his own making, goaded by the spirit of hierarchy, and rotten with perfection.”
Kenneth Burke, “Definition of Man,” The Hudson Review 16.4 (1963), p 507
“Throughout the ages the Utopias reflect the anxieties and discontents amidst which they are produced. They are, so to speak, shadows of light thrown by darkness.”
H.G. Wells, Australian Radio Address, January 19th, 1939
