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“There are some who esteem that it is a naivety to believe that a moral regeneration may be possible ("soit possible", Fr.); now, if this was not the case, it would not be worth the trouble that humanity continue to vegetate without aim.”

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African Spir, born on November 15, 1837 and died on March 26, 1890, was a German philosopher whose philosophical thoughts had a profound impact on later existentialism and phenomenology. more

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