"The limitation of the ethical phenomenon to its……" — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"The limitation of the ethical phenomenon to its place and time does not imply its rejection but, on the contrary, its validation. One does not use canons to shoot sparrows."
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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