A cleric who loses his faith abandons his calling; a philosopher who loses his redefines his subject. - Ernest Gellner

This is indeed one of the most important general traits of a modern society: cultural homogeneity, the capacity for context-free communication, the standardization of expression and comprehension.

Philosophy is explicitness, generality, orientation and assessment. That which one would insinuate, thereof one must speak.

Obstruction of mobility, where it occurs, is one of the most serious and intractable problems of industrial society.