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Page 13
... Equality engenders uniformity , and it is by sacrificing what is excellent , remarkable , and extra- ordinary that we get rid of what is bad . The whole becomes less barbarous , and at the same time more vulgar . The age of great men is ...
... Equality engenders uniformity , and it is by sacrificing what is excellent , remarkable , and extra- ordinary that we get rid of what is bad . The whole becomes less barbarous , and at the same time more vulgar . The age of great men is ...
Page 14
... equality , which in the dawn of existence is mere inertia , torpor , and death , is it to become at last the natural form of life ? Or rather , above the economic and political equality to which the socialist and non- socialist ...
... equality , which in the dawn of existence is mere inertia , torpor , and death , is it to become at last the natural form of life ? Or rather , above the economic and political equality to which the socialist and non- socialist ...
Page 27
... equality , the principle of mediocrity , becoming a dogma ; unity aimed at through uniformity ; numbers doing duty for argument ; negative liberty , which has no law in itself , and recognises no limit except in force , everywhere ...
... equality , the principle of mediocrity , becoming a dogma ; unity aimed at through uniformity ; numbers doing duty for argument ; negative liberty , which has no law in itself , and recognises no limit except in force , everywhere ...
Page 96
... equality : it depends upon what you mean by it . But this is precisely what nobody cares to find out . All passions dread the light , and the modern zeal for equality is a disguised hatred which tries to pass itself off as love ...
... equality : it depends upon what you mean by it . But this is precisely what nobody cares to find out . All passions dread the light , and the modern zeal for equality is a disguised hatred which tries to pass itself off as love ...
Page 103
... equality is military discipline . In military uniform , in the police court , in prison , or on the execu- tion ground , there is no reply possible . But is it not curious that the regime of individual right should lead to nothing but ...
... equality is military discipline . In military uniform , in the police court , in prison , or on the execu- tion ground , there is no reply possible . But is it not curious that the regime of individual right should lead to nothing but ...
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Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frederic Amiel - Primary Source ... Henri édéric Amiel,Humphry Ward No preview available - 2014 |
Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri Frederic Amiel Henri-Frederic Amiel No preview available - 2016 |
Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel Henri Frederic Amiel,Humphry Ward No preview available - 2018 |
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