Ross Peterson
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“Aristotle says that the aim of education is to make the pupil like and dislike what he ought.”
― The Abolition of Man
― The Abolition of Man
“In other words, fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
“If nothing is self-evident, nothing can be proved. Similarly if nothing is obligatory for its own sake, nothing is obligatory at all.”
― The Abolition of Man
― The Abolition of Man
“No emotion is, in itself, a judgement; in that sense all emotions and sentiments are alogical. but they can be reasonable or unreasonable as they conform to Reason or fail to conform. The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it.”
― The Abolition of Man
― The Abolition of Man
“a hard heart is no infallible protection against a soft head.”
― The Abolition of Man
― The Abolition of Man
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