I. Svevo: Joyce's pupil and Austrian Jew
II. Women
III. Jews
IV. Conclusion

the time of a superficial anarchy with no feelings for Justice and the State; a time of communist ethics, of the most foolish historical views, the materialistic interpretation of history; a time of capitalism and of Marxism; a time when history, life, and science are no more than political economy and technical instruction; a time when genius is supposed to be a form of madness; a time with no great artists and no great philosophers; a time without originality and yet with the most foolish craving for originality;