From this brilliant portrait of Camille Paglia: Today’s students believe that human happiness is possible through social reform—that utopia is possible. A better understanding of human nature is found in the great works of art and literature, which reveal the tragic view of life.https://twitter.com/amasad/status/1180366616657354752 …
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Btw, when I was a student I believed that too. Could it be an affliction of youthful naïveté, rather than generational confusion?
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Replying to @Plinz
I don't know about utopia, but do you think that no social reform ever leads to more - or less - happiness? No differences between societies?
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Replying to @ebenwert
Of course! Social reform is a constant necessity. It is just not leading to an utopia. Existence begets suffering.
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