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Page 88
... ourselves with ourselves very com- pletely and fiercely . That may be a biological necessity . But as we ripen or as we age - the separation widens . All through the historical past of our race one can trace this feel- ing of detachment ...
... ourselves with ourselves very com- pletely and fiercely . That may be a biological necessity . But as we ripen or as we age - the separation widens . All through the historical past of our race one can trace this feel- ing of detachment ...
Page 94
... 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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012114125 PAGE I ALBERT EINSTEIN | 3 |
BERTRAND RUSSELL | 9 |
JOHN DEWEY | 21 |
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