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The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised.

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The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised.

The sensitive artist knows that a bitter wind is blowing.

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The sensitive artist knows that a bitter wind is blowing.

A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve...

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A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve...

But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or...

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But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or...

Creeds and castes, and all forms of intellectual and emotional grouping, belong to the past.

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Creeds and castes, and all forms of intellectual and emotional grouping, belong to the past.

Freud has shown one thing very clearly: that we only forget our infancy by burying...

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Freud has shown one thing very clearly: that we only forget our infancy by burying...

I am not going to claim that modern anarchism has any direct relation to Roman...

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I am not going to claim that modern anarchism has any direct relation to Roman...

The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely...

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The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely...

The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides...

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The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides...

The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all...

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The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all...

The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the...

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The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the...

The principle of equity first came into evidence in Roman jurisprudence and was derived by...

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The principle of equity first came into evidence in Roman jurisprudence and was derived by...

It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art...

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It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art...

It is already clear, after twenty years of socialism in Russia, that if you do...

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It is already clear, after twenty years of socialism in Russia, that if you do...

It was Nietzsche who first made us conscious of the significance of the individual as...

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It was Nietzsche who first made us conscious of the significance of the individual as...

Man is everywhere still in chains. Morality, as has often been pointed out, is antecedent...

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Man is everywhere still in chains. Morality, as has often been pointed out, is antecedent...

My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even...

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My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even...

Nobody seriously believes in the social philosophies of the immediate past.

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Nobody seriously believes in the social philosophies of the immediate past.