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Quote by Aldous Huxley
De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolut

De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history. – Aldous Huxley

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Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science. – Aldous Huxley

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Science
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Aldous Huxley
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Modern mans besetting temptation is to sacrifice his direct perceptions and spontaneous feelings to his reasoned reflections; to prefer in all circumstances the verdict of his intellect to that of his immediate intuitions. – Aldous Huxley

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Intuition
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Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power. – Aldous Huxley

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What would constitute useful history? That which should teach us our duties and our rights, without appearing to teach them. – Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary

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OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us. – James Nasmyth

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History

I am intrigued by inanimate objects. Theyre a piece of history, someones statement and ideas of life. – Mike Mills

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The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner. – Albert J. Nock

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History

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Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions. – Charles Dickens

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