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... cult passes through the phases of development which are common to all cults , and which must not , therefore , be confused with the ideas which are peculiar to a particular cult . Thus every historic cult passes from a phase of ...
... cult passes through the phases of development which are common to all cults , and which must not , therefore , be confused with the ideas which are peculiar to a particular cult . Thus every historic cult passes from a phase of ...
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... cult in its phase of de- cadence . Thus Santayana's famous book is an account not of the living puritan creed , but of its death ; and its death resembles the death of any creed when its subordinations have become negations , its convic ...
... cult in its phase of de- cadence . Thus Santayana's famous book is an account not of the living puritan creed , but of its death ; and its death resembles the death of any creed when its subordinations have become negations , its convic ...
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... cult of leisure . The social mass is too unstable to crystallize into those forms of tradition which express themselves in art and ritual . Puritanism , which is so congenial to the cult of the rising man and the progressive society ...
... cult of leisure . The social mass is too unstable to crystallize into those forms of tradition which express themselves in art and ritual . Puritanism , which is so congenial to the cult of the rising man and the progressive society ...
Contents
CHAPTER ONE DOUBT AND DISILLUSIONMENT | 3 |
The formulation and reaffirmation of Americanism S 2 Flamboyant patriotism | 4 |
The swing toward disillusionment in literature | 6 |
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