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... reason . Because he does not even know the reason , it does not follow that there is none . And giving himself one , he may be again mistaken and give the wrong one . One's relation to society is the same as that of the savage who is ...
... reason . Because he does not even know the reason , it does not follow that there is none . And giving himself one , he may be again mistaken and give the wrong one . One's relation to society is the same as that of the savage who is ...
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... reason can go no further , " he said , and straightway proceeded to appropriate that dark and un- discovered country . But when science , like a tongue of the sea , forced its way in and showed that the reason of man was at home in yet ...
... reason can go no further , " he said , and straightway proceeded to appropriate that dark and un- discovered country . But when science , like a tongue of the sea , forced its way in and showed that the reason of man was at home in yet ...
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William Somerset Maugham. Reason must act eventually on the side of Natural Selection . Admitting the conflict between selfishness supported by reason and altruism supported by religion , it is , after all , as the history of Evolution ...
William Somerset Maugham. Reason must act eventually on the side of Natural Selection . Admitting the conflict between selfishness supported by reason and altruism supported by religion , it is , after all , as the history of Evolution ...
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