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if, indeed, these qualities often be not mere figments or illusions of the human
mind, or elan vital, or blood stream, or whatever it is that keeps us functioning in
the very peculiar and not necessarily (except to ourselves) admirable forms or ...
if, indeed, these qualities often be not mere figments or illusions of the human
mind, or elan vital, or blood stream, or whatever it is that keeps us functioning in
the very peculiar and not necessarily (except to ourselves) admirable forms or ...
Page 94
The command "thou shalt believe" is not moral; if we can force ourselves to obey
it, we do so not because ... the naturally good and right thing to do, but for fear of
displeasing some divine power, and of thus exposing ourselves to punishment.
The command "thou shalt believe" is not moral; if we can force ourselves to obey
it, we do so not because ... the naturally good and right thing to do, but for fear of
displeasing some divine power, and of thus exposing ourselves to punishment.
Page 176
... of the whole code and of the theory of a scale of values. It may be objected
here that all I am doing is appealing to authority, and that such an appeal is no
longer of any use; that we have to find out things for ourselves. To that I would
answer, ...
... of the whole code and of the theory of a scale of values. It may be objected
here that all I am doing is appealing to authority, and that such an appeal is no
longer of any use; that we have to find out things for ourselves. To that I would
answer, ...
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