Modern man is a prisoner who thinks he is free because he refrains from touching thewalls of his dungeon.

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The phrase, “Modern man is a prisoner who thinks he is free because he refrains from touching the walls of his dungeon.” was coined by Marcel Proust in a novel called Remembrance of Things Past. It is a metaphor for how modern man lives in a world that is built up from the past and how he sees himself as being free from the restrictions of the past.

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