African Spir on Knowledge
Browse 5 quotations attributed to African Spir, catalogued under knowledge, with dates where available.
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Attributed to African Spir, entry #160468: "The more gifted by nature is a man, the more is deplorable the abuse that he does by using them to shameful ends. A swindler of higher condition is more blameworthy than a vulgar …"
Attributed to African Spir, entry #223458: "The concept of absolute, hence springs, in the moral field, the moral laws or norms, represent, in the field of knowledge, the principle of identity, which is the fundamental law …"
5 Quotes by African Spir on Knowledge
"The more gifted by nature is a man, the more is deplorable the abuse that he does by using them to shameful ends. A swindler of higher condition is more blameworthy than a vulgar scoundrel; an intelligent eveil-doer, having benefited from a higher education, represent a more saddening phenomenon than an unfortune illiterate fellow having commited an offence."
"The concept of absolute, hence springs, in the moral field, the moral laws or norms, represent, in the field of knowledge, the principle of identity, which is the fundamental law of the thought; norms of logic springs from it, that govern the thought in the field of science."
"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, who does not understand that good is always good, and wrong is always wrong, whether it happens to ourselves or it happens to others.*"
"Outward, thanks to the knowledge of physical laws, man could subdue nature, but inwardly, he remained a slave to it. For, when all is said and done, at what is aiming all this display of activity, if not to realized outward profits, to provide material pleasure . It is not the first time that men sell their birth right for a dish of lentils, and thus disown the best of thmeselves."
"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 greatness, the military predominace of Sparte. This example proves that man can everything on themselves when they want it ; therefore it would only be a question of making them will the good."