The Savage argues instead that solitude would lead people to visualize a god instinctively, but since society has removed solitude, people cannot contemplate the world on their own terms.

Mond also points out people only believe in God when their conditioning suggests it. Newman in order to demonstrate this previous society dependence on God, which he claims is no longer necessary. He reads to John passages from The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis and from a work by Cardinal John H. Mond explains that since society eradicated the fear of death and since science keeps everyone youthful until death, religion is unnecessary. Religion substitutes for the loss of youth. Mustapha understands religion as something men turn to late in life when they become afraid of death. Religion is the last sacrifice made by the old world to ensure happiness. Instead, all the new feelies and shows must be about nothing, since happiness occurs most easily when one experiences pure sensation rather than emotion.

If tension does not exist, neither can tragedy.

Mond also insists that the old things cannot be created in the new world because tragedies like Othello or Romeo and Juliet are the products of tension in society. Stability is the highest virtue because it leads to happiness, and old things like Shakespeare cannot exist since they do not lead to happiness. Mustapha argues that the old is unnecessary because it contains destabilizing passion and emotions.

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