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> [I take the ethical truths to be the stable elements that emerge out of ethical progress and that are retained under further ethical progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kitcher/i-take-the-ethical-truths-to-be-the-stable-elements-that-emerge-out/)

[Philip Kitcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kitcher/)

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> [Most lives are a flight from selfhood. Most prefer the truths of the stable. You stick your head into the stanchions and munch contentedly until you die. Others use you for their purposes. Not once do you look outside the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/most-lives-are-a-flight-from-selfhood-most-prefer-the-truths-of-the/)

[Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/)

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