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Some tribes [of monkeys] have taken to washing potatoes in the river before eating them, others have not. Sometimes migrating read more
Some tribes [of monkeys] have taken to washing potatoes in the river before eating them, others have not. Sometimes migrating groups of potato-washers meet non-washers, and the two groups watch each other's strange behavior with apparent bewilderment. But unlike the inhabitants of Lilliput, who fought holy crusades over the question at which end to break the egg, the potato-washing monkeys do not go to war with the non-washers, because the poor creatures have no language which would enable them to declare washing a diving commandment and eating unwashed potatoes a deadly heresy.
Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.
Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.
The philosophy called individualism is a philosophy of social cooperation and the progressive intensification of the social nexus.
The philosophy called individualism is a philosophy of social cooperation and the progressive intensification of the social nexus.
All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not read more
All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them.
Rejoicing not in the many but in the probity of the few, we toil for truth alone.
Rejoicing not in the many but in the probity of the few, we toil for truth alone.
Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising.
Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising.
Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
The several sorts of religion in the world are little more than so many spiritual monopolies.
The several sorts of religion in the world are little more than so many spiritual monopolies.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
