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There are four things that an aristocrat should contribute to the modern world to countervail its ideological tendencies: the rejection of historical inevitability; the defense of the ethics of obligations; an acceptance of the body/soul dualism with the soul taking the dominant position; and a classical concept of shame. All of them are interrelated.
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― The Cunning of Freedom: Saving the Self in an Age of False Idols
― The Cunning of Freedom: Saving the Self in an Age of False Idols
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there is no such thing as ALL bad. you say that all cops are bad.. well they're not. i've met some good ones. there is such thing as a good cop.
you never get a chance to explain to him that when a man puts on that uniform on that he is the protector of things of the present time. he is here to see that things stay the way they are. if you like the way things are, then all cops are good. if you don't like the way things are, then all cops are bad cops. there is such thing as all bad.
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― Tales of Ordinary Madness
― Tales of Ordinary Madness
