Nothing is more obviously false than that the remedy for the inequality among men consists in their return to the condition of savages and beasts. Philosophy will never be understood if we approach the study of its mysteries with so narrow and illiberal conceptions of its universality.
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The quote assumes progress is possible without defining what ideal society looks like.
Before man can be free, and equal, and truly wise, he must cast aside the chains of habit and superstition; he must strip sensuality of its pomp, and selfishne…
When you understand the degree of attention which the requisitions of your physical nature demand, you will perceive how little labour suffices for their satis…
Fame, power, and gold, are loved for their own sakes - are worshipped with a blind, habitual idolatry. The pageantry of empire, and the fame of irresistible mi…
All men are created unequal.
We 'conserve' nothing; neither do we want to return to any past periods; we are not by any means 'liberal'; we do not work for 'progress'; we do not need to pl…
Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we …