"Scientific modes of thought cannot be developed and……" — Norbert Elias

"Scientific modes of thought cannot be developed and become generally accepted unless people renounce their primary, unreflecting, and spontaneous attempt to understand all their experience in terms of its purpose and meaning for themselves. The development that led to more adequate knowledge and increasing control of nature was therefore, considered from one aspect, also a development toward greater self-control by men."

— Norbert Elias

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I wish you all the pleasurable excitement one can have without hurting others and one's own dignity.

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