African Spir
Afrikan Alexandrovich Spir, also spelled African Spir (1837–1890), was a Ukrainian philosopher of German-Greek descent who wrote primarily in German, but also French.
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- Kropyvnytskyi
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- 🏆 Order of St. Andrew🏆 Order of St. George, 4th class
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Trending topics shown first"Until now, exterior authority still domine too much in the relationships between men, as well as in their spiritual life. This is due to the fact that we regard authority, in all fields, as being what…"
"On the account that one person advocate and want something, it does not follow that others have to want it too; only the postulates of reason and certitude are identicals, invariables, and can always …"
"A good man never wholly perishes, the best part of his being outlives in eternity."
"Apart from selfish reasons, such as fear of punishments, fear of blame, of dishonour, etc, there remains only two motives that can stop men from acting badly; the natural sense of commiseration for on…"
"A savage man, questioned on what is good and what is wrong, answered: 'Right is when I defeat and deprive others; wrong is when I am beated and deprived by them.' This is the voice of the natural man,…"
"Education has a tremendous power on man. Can't we see to which astonishing disciple the people of Sparte have submitted for centuries, and this with a view to very petty purposes: purely outer greatne…"
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1837
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