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Fanaticism Quote by Tim Crane

“I do not claim to have any developed or sophisticated views in political philosophy, but I think that one of the lessons of the last few hundred years of history is that the greatest threat to human prosperity and well-being is fanaticism and intolerance, even in the name of apparently laudable…” quote by Tim Crane — Download Open image

“I do not claim to have any developed or sophisticated views in political philosophy, but I think that one of the lessons of the last few hundred years of history is that the greatest threat to human prosperity and well-being is fanaticism and intolerance, even in the name of apparently laudable goals.”

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Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts.

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Fanaticism, to which men are so much inclined, has always served not only to render them more brutalized but more wicked.

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Motherland is our property and we have right to handle our properties as pleased. The jokes about death for the sake of the motherland…

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Your best friends are your principles, if you havent them, dont look for another friend.

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One would think that a system loaded with such gross and vulgar absurdities as Scripture religion is could never have obtained credit; yet we…

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A strong saying is not afraid of criticism, because it includes all the answers to criticism.

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Critics of the war plans (including myself) have pointed to the disastrous political results that must be expected: Iraq would break into three parts (Kurds in the north, Sunnis in the center, Shi'ites in the south), the Middle East would be exposed to the onslaught of Iranian fanaticism, pro-Western Arab regimes would collapse. Israel would be surrounded by aggressive Islamic…

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Every isolated passion, is, in isolation, insane; sanity may be defined as synthesis of insanities. Every dominant passion generates a dominant fear, the fear of its non-fulfillment. Every dominant fear generates a nightmare, sometimes in form of explicit and conscious fanaticism, sometimes in paralyzing timidity, sometimes in an unconscious or subconscious terror which finds expression only in dreams. The man…

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