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This book delves into the significance of philosophical thought and its application to contemporary issues and personal growth.
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“A code of values accepted by choice is a code of morality.”
“Civilization does not have to perish. The brutes are winning only by default.”
“One of the most destructive anti-concepts in the history of moral philosophy is the term 'duty.”
“Defiance, not obedience, is the American's answer to overbearing authority.”
“If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.”
“To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.”
“The conservatives want to rule man's consciousness; the liberals, his body.”
“Reason functions by integrating perceptual data into concepts.”