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“We have now in our possession three instruments of civilization, unknown to antiquity. These are the art of printing; free representative government; and, lastly, a pure and spiritual religion, the deep fountain of generous enthusiasm, the mighty spring of bold and lofty designs, the great sanctuary of moral power.”

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Edward Everett

Edward Everett was a prominent figure in American politics, serving as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. A lawyer, orator, and educator, Everett's career spanned several decades, during which he made significant contributions to the political and intellectual life of the United States. He passed away on January 15, 1865. more

“Man, the more he gains freedom in the sense of emerging from the original oneness with man and nature and the more he becomes an "individual," has no choice but to unite himself with the world in the spontaneity of love and productive work or else to seek a kind of security by such ties with the world as destroy his freedom and the integrity of his individual self.”

Men World Kind Self Choices Individual Security Integrity Gains Originals Oneness Ties Productive Emerging Spontaneity Man And Nature Productive Work

Book:Escape from Freedom

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“It is time to cease to argue about God , and instead to unite in the unmasking of contemporary forms of idolatry.”

Form Arguing Cease Contemporary Idolatry Unmasking

Book:Psychoanalysis and Religion

Source: Psychoanalysis and Religion

“The application of psychoanalysis to sociology must definitely guard against the mistake of wanting to give psychoanalytic answers where economic, technical, or political facts provide the real and sufficient explanation of sociological questions. On the other hand, the psychoanalyst must emphasize that the subject of sociology, society, in reality consists of individuals, and that it is these human beings, rather than abstract society as such, whose actions, thoughts, and feelings are the object of sociological research.”

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