SAID NURSI ON MODERN CIVILISATION

Modern civilisation is built on five negative principles.

Firstly, its point of support is force instead of right, and the signs of force are aggression and hostility, which lead to treachery. Continue …

Secondly, its goal is pure self-interest instead of virtue, and the signs of self-interest are rivalry and dispute, which lead to crime.

Thirdly, its method is conflict instead of co-operation, and the signs of conflict are contention and mutual repulsion, which lead to poverty.

Fourthly, its principle of relations between people is racism, and the signs of racism are hatred, hostility and destruction.

Fifthly, its objective is to excite lust and other appetites of the soul, and the signs of this service is the transformation of humans into beasts, leading to the perversion of humanity.

If most of the 'civilised' were turned inside out, you would see their characters in the form of foxes, snakes, bears and pigs.

Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (1876-1960).