Degeneration/history

Famous quotes containing the words degeneration and/or history:

    Where does one not find that bland degeneration which beer produces in the spirit!
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.
    Noam Chomsky (b. 1928)