There are individuals who are haunted by self-doubt, whose attitude to life is negative and distrustful, or who exist in a state of confusion about w… - R. W. K. Paterson

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There are individuals who are haunted by self-doubt, whose attitude to life is negative and distrustful, or who exist in a state of confusion about what they are and what they can become. … Unlike physical deprivation or obvious social injustice, evils like these strike at the very roots of human life. When men can no longer picture themselves as worthy of existing, it scarcely matters whether they have the means of existing.

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About R. W. K. Paterson

Ronald William Keith Paterson (born September 20, 1933, in Arbroath, Scotland) served as a senior lecturer in philosophy in the department of adult education and the department of philosophy at University of Hull.

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Alternative Names: R.W.K. Paterson Ronald William Keith Paterson
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