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“Passion for equality blinds the utopian to the fact that society, as a whole, is based on inequality of men in two respects: the inventor, the innovator, the exceptional man creates something new and insures continuous progress; the others emulate his work or merely improve their own lot by benefiting from his creativity.”

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Thomas Steven Molnar
Thomas Steven Molnar

Thomas Steven Molnar was a prominent philosopher, born on July 26, 1921, and passed away on July 20, 2010. His philosophical thoughts were deeply influenced by existentialism and phenomenology, which had a profound impact on 20th-century philosophy. more

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