"Let us work without reasoning," said Martin; "it is the only way to make life endurable." Candide
the idea of a finished human product not only appears presumptuous but even, in my opinion, lacks any strong appeal. Life is struggle and striving, development and growth - and analysis is one of the means that can help in this process. Certainly its positive accomplishments are important, but also the striving itself is of intrinsic value. Self-Analysis
Private property ... has led Individualism entirely astray. It has made gain not growth its aim. The Soul of Man Under Socialism
As we shall see, the prerequisites for those developments consisted of several features of human society that determined whether a society would find writing useful, and whether the society could support the necessary specialist scribes. Guns, Germs And Steel
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