Simon deVeer

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To the man or woman who, by compulsion, is more civilized in behaviour than in feeling, rationality is irksome and virtue is felt as a burden and a slavery. This leads to a reaction in thought, in feeling, and in conduct. It is the reaction in thought that will specially concern us, but something must first be said about the reaction in feeling and conduct.
A History of Western Philosophy: And Its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
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