Which of the following factors did Valéry argue were the causes of Europe’s intellectual crisis? Select all that apply.

the horrors of wartime

the lack of good education

the awareness that civilization could die out

unequal wealth distribution

In his famous essay "The Crisis of the Mind" (1919), Valery says that he had been sure of Europe's superiority until WWI broke out. Now, after having seen the horrors of war he thought that this civilization was fragile and could disappear like Babylon or Persepolis had done before. The lack of any fixed system of reference for living or thinking had left Europe as a civilization in anguish even after the war was over because there was still an economic and intellectual crisis.

Which of the following factors did Valéry argue were the causes of Europe’s intellectual crisis? Select all that apply.the horrors of wartimethe lack of good education the awareness that civilization could die out unequal wealth distribution

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Which of the following factors did Valéry argue were the causes of Europe’s intellectual crisis? Select all that apply.

the horrors of wartime

the lack of good education

the awareness that civilization could die out

unequal wealth distribution