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For in a civilization which has lost the meaning of life, the most important thing a Christian can do is to live, and life, understood from the point of view of faith, has an extraordinary explosive force.
Jacques Ellul
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Jacques Ellul
Age: 82 †
Born: 1912
Born: January 6
Died: 1994
Died: May 19
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I describe a world with no exit, convinced that God accompanies man throughout his history.
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Freedom is completely without meaning unless it is related to necessity, unless it represents victory over necessity.
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Am I a pessimist? Not at all. I am convinced that the history of the human race, no matter how tragic, will ultimately lead to the Kingdom of God. I am convinced that all the works of humankind will be reintegrated in the work of God, and that each of us, no matter how sinful, will ultimately be saved.
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It is not true that the perfection of police power is the result of the state's Machiavellianism or of some transitory influence. The whole structure of society implies it, of necessity. The more we mobilize the forces of nature, the more must we mobilize men and the more do we require order.
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Propaganda does not aim to elevate man, but to make him serve.
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Our civilization is first and foremost a civilization of means in the reality of modern life, the means, it would seem, are more important than the ends.
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The fact of knowing how to read is nothing, the whole point is knowing what to read.
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Fate operates when people give up
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Almost always, it is the conviction that 'I am right' or 'my cause is the cause of justice' that triggers violence. That is, ...the moment propaganda does its work, violence is unleashed. And violence can be reduced by countering this propaganda.
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Belief is reassuring. People who live in the world of belief feel safe. On the contrary, faith is forever placing us on the razor's edge.
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And an apprenticeship to whatever gadgetry is useful in a technical world
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It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale.
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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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Journalistic content is a technical complex expressly intended to adapt man to the machine.
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The individual who is the servant of technique must be completely unconscious of himself.
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Thinking has become a superfluous exercise... purely internal, without compelling force, more or less a game.
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It is the multiplication of men who are exluded from working which provokes war. We ought at least to bear this in mind when we boast of the continual decrease in human participation in technical operations.
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When there is propaganda, we are no longer able to evaluate certain questions, or even to discuss them
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In sum, thought and reflection have been rendered thoroughly pointless by the circumstances in which modern men and women live and act.
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