Самой давней целью человечества было воспроизводство человечества в бóльших объемах. Когда-то это означало иметь как можно больше детей. Но со времен… - Theodore Zeldin

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Самой давней целью человечества было воспроизводство человечества в бóльших объемах. Когда-то это означало иметь как можно больше детей. Но со временем важнее стало не количество
детей, а проявляемая к ним доброта. Сегодня идеал человечества — это прежде всего идеал человечности, заботы и доброты, актуальный на все времена и для каждого живого существа. Первые отголоски этого исторического сдвига звучали много веков назад,
но сейчас он охватил значительную часть мира.

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Theodore Zeldin (born 22 August 1933) is a British philosopher, historian, and writer.

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