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... Progress was ' all bunk ' . What was this Idea of Progress ? First , it was not so much an Idea as an unconscious , instinctive faith . It was part of the intellectual and moral climate of the few in Rousseau's early days ; but it was ...
... Progress was ' all bunk ' . What was this Idea of Progress ? First , it was not so much an Idea as an unconscious , instinctive faith . It was part of the intellectual and moral climate of the few in Rousseau's early days ; but it was ...
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... Progress was a mirage ? Or , to put it rather differently , that progress in the externals of Civilization - in inventions and amenities - meant absolutely nothing for the moral progress of Humanity ? The first consequence was that ...
... Progress was a mirage ? Or , to put it rather differently , that progress in the externals of Civilization - in inventions and amenities - meant absolutely nothing for the moral progress of Humanity ? The first consequence was that ...
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... Progress . To him the idea of automatic progress is a moral insanity , a fearful corporate illusion , which could only be entertained by men who had forgotten the true nature of man , and had never had the courage ' to examine the human ...
... Progress . To him the idea of automatic progress is a moral insanity , a fearful corporate illusion , which could only be entertained by men who had forgotten the true nature of man , and had never had the courage ' to examine the human ...
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THE FUNCTION OF CRITICISM | 1 |
POETRY AND PROSE ΙΟ | 10 |
STENDHAL | 25 |
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