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Intellectual integrity made it quite impossible for me to accept the war myths of
any of the belligerent nations. Indeed, those intellectuals who accepted them
were abdicating their functions for the joy of feeling themselves at one with the
herd, ...
Intellectual integrity made it quite impossible for me to accept the war myths of
any of the belligerent nations. Indeed, those intellectuals who accepted them
were abdicating their functions for the joy of feeling themselves at one with the
herd, ...
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In a harmonious life, the intellectual formula and the inner impetus would be one;
but such harmony is far to seek. There are professed Christians, perhaps honest
in their intellectual convictions, who have never had a single natural impulse to ...
In a harmonious life, the intellectual formula and the inner impetus would be one;
but such harmony is far to seek. There are professed Christians, perhaps honest
in their intellectual convictions, who have never had a single natural impulse to ...
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And my intellectual background is perhaps very different. As a child I was not
brought up in the tenets of any religion, but in a household where science and
philosophy took the place of faith. As a boy I had very free access to
contemporary ...
And my intellectual background is perhaps very different. As a child I was not
brought up in the tenets of any religion, but in a household where science and
philosophy took the place of faith. As a boy I had very free access to
contemporary ...
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