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«The Christian doctrine of sin in its classical form offends both rationalists and moralists by maintaining the seemingly absurd position that man sins inevitably and by a fateful necessity but that he is nevertheless to be held responsible for actions which are prompted by an ineluctable [inescapable] fate.»
«The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
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Logician,
Philosopher)
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Keywords:
conscience,
cruelties,
cruelty,
delight,
delighting,
hell,
infliction,
invented,
moralist,
moralists
«The professional moralist in our day is a man of less than average intelligence»
«Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, There is no sterner moralist than Pleasure»
«Yes, you are right - I am a moralist in disguise; it gets me into heaps of trouble when I go thrashing around in political questions»
«The pulpit and the press have many commonplaces denouncing the thirst for wealth, but if men should take these moralists at their word, and leave off aiming to be rich, the moralists would rush to rekindle at all hazards this love of power in the peo»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Essayist,
Lecturer,
Poet)
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Keywords:
aiming,
commonplaces,
denouncing,
hazards,
leave off,
moralist,
moralists,
rekindle,
rekindled