For M. Maurras the practical is the divine, and his “atheism” consists less in denying God than in shifting him to man and his political work. … It i… - Julien Benda

That teaching of modern metaphysics which exhorts man to feel comparatively little esteem for the truly thinking portion of himself and to honor the active and willing part of himself with all his devotion...

The desire to abase the values of knowledge before the values of action...

Formerly, leaders of states practiced realism, but did not honor it… With them morality was violated, but moral notions remained intact. … The modern governor, owing to the fact that he addresses crowds, is compelled to be a moralist, and to present his acts as bound up with a system of morality.