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“The largest single step in the ascent of man is the change from nomad to village agriculture.”

Men Steps Village Agriculture Ascent Nomad Single Step

Book:The Ascent of Man

Source: The Ascent of Man

“Every judgment in science stands on the edge of error, and is personal.”

Science Judgment Errors Edges Ascent

Book:The Ascent of Man

Source: The Ascent of Man

“Sex was invented as a biological instrument by (say) the green algae. But as an instrument in the ascent of man which is basic to his cultural evolution, it was invented by man himself.”

Men Sex Evolution Instruments Green Ascent Algae

Book:The Ascent of Man

Source: The Ascent of Man

“I do not admire a virtue like valour when it is pushed to excess, if I do not see at the same time the excess of the opposite virtue, as one does in Epaminondas, who displayed extreme valour and extreme benevolence. For otherwise it is not an ascent, but a fall. We do not display our greatness by placing ourselves at one extremity, but rather by being at both at the same time, and filling up the whole of the space between them.”

Ifs Doe Whole Fall Space Virtue Greatness Opposites Extremes Admire Excess Display Filling Benevolence Space Between Ascent Extremity Valour Filling Up

Author:Blaise Pascal

“Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it works against the laws and conditions which regulated the earlier stages of man's ascent.”

Men Law Christianity Conditions Effects Stage Civilization Ascent Universalism

Book:Evolution and Ethics

Source: Evolution and Ethics