As humanity began with flint tools, and has arrived little … - African Spir

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As humanity began with flint tools, and has arrived little by little to the powerful and perfected machines of today, so man, by shaping himself generation after generation, will arrive to a degree of perfection which, up to now, the example was given to us only by rare individuals.

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Afrikan Spir (1837–1890) was a Russian Neo-Kantian philosopher of German descent.

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Alternative Names: Afrikan Aleksandrovich Spir • Afrikan Spir • Afrikan Alexandrovich Spir

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Reinhold Niebuhr Bertrand Russell John Stuart Mill William Godwin Arthur Schopenhauer

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To sacrifice the moral to the physical, as is done in these days, is to sacrifice reality for a shadow.

Grâce à la connaissance des lois physiques, l’homme a pu au dehors asservir la nature, mais, intérieurement, il en est resté l’esclave.

Nothing depicts better the poverty of human nature than to see men, placed as the leaders of nations, be preoccupied only with their own prestige and their own personal interest.

As humanity began with flint tools, and has arrived little by little to the powerful and perfected machines of today, so man, by shaping himself gene… - African Spir

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