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... ourselves to punishment . This is the contrary of morality , for we make ourselves subject to an alien despotism in order to gain something by it . Com- mands such as this are remnants from times when people be- lieved in war gods ...
... ourselves to punishment . This is the contrary of morality , for we make ourselves subject to an alien despotism in order to gain something by it . Com- mands such as this are remnants from times when people be- lieved in war gods ...
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... ourselves . To that I would answer , first , that we cannot , if we would , find out everything for ourselves in our complex moral life , any more than we can wash all past knowledge away in business or science and start afresh . In the ...
... ourselves . To that I would answer , first , that we cannot , if we would , find out everything for ourselves in our complex moral life , any more than we can wash all past knowledge away in business or science and start afresh . In the ...
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... ourselves senses of right and wrong , pleasure and pain . When we set out to interpret ourselves and the universe about us - to find out the meaning of the affair - our own origins and nature and destiny- whether there be a conscious ...
... ourselves senses of right and wrong , pleasure and pain . When we set out to interpret ourselves and the universe about us - to find out the meaning of the affair - our own origins and nature and destiny- whether there be a conscious ...
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