Why Reflection is Key

"Clearly, we have no lack of matters on which to take action. However, though it is certain that we will hereafter have to set up new goals beyond those already attained, it would be senseless to renounce the latter in order to better persue the former. For the necessary progress is possible only thanks to progress already acheived. It is a matter of completing, extending, and organizing individualism, not of restraining and combating it. Reflection alone can help us emerge from our present difficulties." "Individualism and the Intellectuals" Emile Durkheim