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If pity was always equally alive and acting in all individuals and in all circumstances, we could do away with morality. Unfortunately, it is not com… - African Spir
" "If pity was always equally alive and acting in all individuals and in all circumstances, we could do away with morality. Unfortunately, it is not compassion, but rather it's opposite - selfishness - that acts most strongly in us.
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About African Spir
Afrikan Spir (1837–1890) was a Russian Neo-Kantian philosopher of German descent.
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Afrikan Aleksandrovich Spir
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Afrikan Alexandrovich Spir
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Education has a tremendous power on man. Can't we see to which the astonishing discipline the people of Sparta have submitted for centuries? And this with a view to very petty purposes: purely outer greatness, the military predominace of Sparta. This example proves that men can do most anything they want; therefore it would only be a question of making them will the good.
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