"Increasing knowledge lessens the sphere of the supernatural."

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Source : Edward Westermarck (1908). “The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas”

Edward Westermarck

#Knowledge Quotes #Spheres Quotes #Increasing Knowledge Quotes

“I'm a great lover of human beings.”
“Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.”
“Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up.”
“I will not vote for a candidate who thinks you can 'pray away the gay;' I will not vote for a candidate who thinks that he has more rights to my uterus than I do; I will not vote for a candidate who thinks that it's okay to dump toxic waste in the ocean.”
“I often reread books I have written”
“My biggest fear had always been getting hurt, and not being able to leave the game as a player on my own terms.”
“I believe that to do anything in this world one needs a love for risk and adventure, and above all, to be able to do without what middle-class families call "future."”
“Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.”

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