If at a banquet someone were to rip the morsels from the mo… - African Spir

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If at a banquet someone were to rip the morsels from the mouths of the guests, we would be unanimous in finding their behaviour to be iniquitous and brutal, but when the same is done in a less conspicuous way, people are hardly offended.

African Spir

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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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The well understood equity as well as interest of society demand that we work much more to prevent crimes and offenses than to punish them.

Injustice having always been predominant on earth, there are some who imagine that this existing social order will continue forever. That this order was able to last until now, has mainly been due to the conviction of people that it was of divine institution.

In the actual state of social relationships, the forms of politeness are necessary as a subsitute for benevolence.

If at a banquet someone were to rip the morsels from the mouths of the guests, we would be unanimous in finding their behaviour to be iniquitous and … - African Spir

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