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Being
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I will call no being good who is not what I mean when I apply that epithet to my fellow creatures; and if such a creature can sentence me to hell for not so calling him, to hell I will go .
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― An examination of Sir William Hamilton's philosophy, and of the principal philosophical questions discussed in his writings
― An examination of Sir William Hamilton's philosophy, and of the principal philosophical questions discussed in his writings
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If other people do not understand our behavior—so what? Their request that we must only do what they understand is an attempt to dictate to us. If this is being "asocial" or "irrational" in their eyes, so be it. Mostly they resent our freedom and our courage to be ourselves. We owe nobody an explanation or an accounting, as long as our acts do not hurt or infringe on them. How many lives have been ruined by this need to "explain," which usually implies that the explanation be "understood," i.e.
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― The Art of Being
― The Art of Being
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