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Allen Roberts
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“After ages during which the earth produced harmless trilobites and butterflies, evolution progressed to the point at which it generated Neros, Genghis Khans, and Hitlers. This, however, is a passing nightmare; in time the earth will become again incapable of supporting life, and peace will return.” p. 19
— Aug 12, 2026 04:57PM
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Allen Roberts
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“Dogmatism is an enemy to peace, and an insuperable barrier to democracy. In the present age, at least as much as in former times, it is the greatest of the mental obstacles to human happiness.” p. 31
— Aug 16, 2026 04:08PM
Allen Roberts
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“Hegel's philosophy is so odd that one would not
have expected him to be able to get sane men to accept it, but he did. He set it out with so much obscurity that people thought it must be profound.” p. 19
— Aug 12, 2026 06:35PM
have expected him to be able to get sane men to accept it, but he did. He set it out with so much obscurity that people thought it must be profound.” p. 19
Allen Roberts
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“That Plato's Republic should have been admired, on its political side, by decent people, is perhaps the most astonishing example of literary snobbery in all history.” p. 17
— Aug 12, 2026 04:46PM