We can't put up a protectionist dam on our own against the neo-liberal world market either. However, we can try, together with our European partners, to maintain the social character of Europe as much as possible. Johan Huizinga characterdameurope share on social
You only live a short time... and you are dead a long time. Johan Huizinga deadlivelong Change image and share on social
An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic. Johan Huizinga advertisearistocraticattitude Change image and share on social
From whichever angle one looks at it, the application of racial theories remains a striking proof of the lowered demands of public opinion upon the purity of critical judgment. Johan Huizinga angleapplicationcritical Change image and share on social
The repudiation of the primacy of understanding means the repudiation of the norms of judgment as well, and hence the abandonment of all ethical standards. Johan Huizinga abandonmentethicaljudgment Change image and share on social
These are strange times. Reason, which once combatted faith and seemed to have conquered it, now has to look to faith to save it from dissolution. Johan Huizinga combatconquerdissolution Change image and share on social
Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always security and order. Johan Huizinga aimattainmentcondition Change image and share on social
Every age yearns for a more beautiful world. The deeper the desperation and the depression about the confusing present, the more intense that yearning. Johan Huizinga agebeautifulconfuse Change image and share on social
History can predict nothing except that great changes in human relationships will never come about in the form in which they have been anticipated. Johan Huizinga anticipateformgreat Change image and share on social
History creates comprehensibility primarily by arranging facts meaningfully and only in a very limited sense by establishing strict causal connections. Johan Huizinga arrangecausalcomprehensibility Change image and share on social
