Nevertheless, from Demian’s manner of introducing the subject, there seemed to be no lack of coherence in our conversation.
He spoke of the spirit of Europe, and of modern tendencies.
Everywhere, he said, reigned a desire to come together, to form herds, but nowhere was freedom or love.
All this life in common, from the student clubs and choral societies to the state, was an unnatural, forced phenomenon.
The community owed its origin to a sense of fear, of embarrassment, to a desire for flight;
inwardly it was rotten and old, and approaching a general break-up.
“Community,” Demian said, “is a beautiful thing. But what we see blossoming everywhere is by no means that.
It will arise anew from the mutual understanding of individuals, and after a time the world will be remodeled.
What is now called community is merely a formation of herds.
Mankind seeks refuge together because men have fear of one another—
the masters combine for their own ends, the workmen for theirs, and the intellectuals for theirs!
And why are they afraid? One is only afraid when one is not at one with oneself.
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