“And it is characteristic of man that he alone has any sense of good and evil, of just and unjust, and the like, and the association of living beings who have this sense makes family and a state.” MenStatesEvilCharacteristicsGood And EvilAssociationUnjustNature And AnimalsPolitical Animals Book:Politics Source: Politics
“In a general way, the literature of the twentieth century is essentially psychological; and psychology consists of describing states of the soul by displaying them all on the same plane, without any discrimination of value, as though good and evil were external to them, as though the effort toward the good could be absent at any moment from the thought of any man.” MenWaySoulStatesMomentsValuesEvilLiteratureEffortPsychologyCenturyDiscriminationPsychologicalPlanesGood And EvilTwentieth CenturyAbsentDescribing Author:Simone Weil
“The State is competent to assign duties and draw the line between good and evil only in its immediate sphere. Beyond the limits of things necessary for its well-being, it can only give indirect help to fight the battle of life by promoting the influences which prevail against temptation--religion, education, and the distribution of wealth.” GivingWellsStatesHelpingFightingEvilLinesWealthInfluenceDutyBattleLimitsDrawsTemptationWell BeingGood And EvilSpheresDistributionPromotingCompetentIndirectDistribution Of WealthBattle Of Life Book:The History of Freedom (and other Essays) Source: The History of Freedom (and other Essays)
“As therefore the state of man now is, what wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear, without the knowledge of good and evil?” MenStatesEvilGood And Evil Author:John Milton
“The competitive nation-state system, with all its capacity for good and evil, is spreading in the Third World and is transforming that world.” WorldStatesEvilNationsCapacityThirdsGood And EvilTransformingThird World Book:The Political Economy of International Relations Source: The Political Economy of International Relations