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Technical civilization has made a great error in not suppressing death, the only human reality still intact
Jacques Ellul
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Jacques Ellul
Age: 82 †
Born: 1912
Born: January 6
Died: 1994
Died: May 19
French Resistance Fighter
Philosopher
Sociologist
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For the word is dialectical in itself and at the same time is integrated into the whole of existence. By this I mean that the word is intended to be lived.
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Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option but a necessity imposed on all human activity.
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I describe a world with no exit, convinced that God accompanies man throughout his history.
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The individual who is the servant of technique must be completely unconscious of himself.
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Science brings to the light of day everything man had believed sacred. Technique takes possession of it and enslaves it.
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All human language draws its nature and value from the fact that it both comes from the Word of God and is chosen by God to manifest himself. But this relationship is secret and incomprehensible, beyond the bounds of reason and analysis.
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Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of the technological society.
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Propaganda begins when dialogue ends.
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The most favorable moment to seize a man and influence him is when he is alone in the mass. It is at this point that propaganda can be most effective.
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Propaganda does not aim to elevate man, but to make him serve.
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