Without will, without individuals, there are no heroes. But neither are there villains. And the absence of villains is as prostrating, as soul-destroying, as the absence of heroes.
For Rousseau and Mandeville the absence of a moral instinct meant the laws of society had no moral validity, they were nothing but the inventions of … - Gertrude Himmelfarb
For Rousseau and Mandeville the absence of a moral instinct meant the laws of society had no moral validity, they were nothing but the inventions of …
- Gertrude Himmelfarb
The Marxist combination of materialism and determinism is fatally anti-humanistic. It denies a consciousness, a mind, that is independent of material… - Gertrude Himmelfarb
The Marxist combination of materialism and determinism is fatally anti-humanistic. It denies a consciousness, a mind, that is independent of material…
Nothing is as seductive as the assurance of success. - Gertrude Himmelfarb
Nothing is as seductive as the assurance of success.
In its sentimental mode, compassion is an exercise in moral indignation, in feeling good rather than doing good ... In its unsentimental mode, compas… - Gertrude Himmelfarb
In its sentimental mode, compassion is an exercise in moral indignation, in feeling good rather than doing good ... In its unsentimental mode, compas…
absolute liberty ... tends to corrupt absolutely. - Gertrude Himmelfarb
absolute liberty ... tends to corrupt absolutely.
The footnote would seem to be the smallest detail in a work of history. Yet it carries a large burden of responsibility, testifying to the validity o… - Gertrude Himmelfarb
The footnote would seem to be the smallest detail in a work of history. Yet it carries a large burden of responsibility, testifying to the validity o…
The present illegitimacy ratio is not only unprecedented in the past two centuries; it is unprecedented, so far as we know, in American history going… - Gertrude Himmelfarb
The present illegitimacy ratio is not only unprecedented in the past two centuries; it is unprecedented, so far as we know, in American history going…
Without will, without individuals, there are no heroes. But neither are there villains. And the absence of villains is as prostrating, as soul-destro… - Gertrude Himmelfarb
Without will, without individuals, there are no heroes. But neither are there villains. And the absence of villains is as prostrating, as soul-destro…
The real movement of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom. - Gertrude Himmelfarb
The real movement of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom.
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