It must be all the same to the citizens (“ressortissants”, Fr.) of a country that their governing (those in power) speak such language or such other (“telle langue ou telle autre”, Fr.).
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AFRIKAN SPIR
Afrikan Spir on governing
Afrikan Spir96 quotes“It must be all the same to the citizens (“ressortissants”, Fr.) of a country that their governing (those in power) speak such language or such other (“telle langue ou telle autre”, Fr.).”
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Whether we had a (good) moral intuition more developed, we would be as much morally disgusted by the rapacity of those who try to benefit from, and monopolize (or secure or corner).
Afrikan SpirAfrikan Spir In their country, two fellow coutrymen whose paths berely cross (or see each only only briefly) with inferrence, would effusively rush themselves up (or throw themselves) into each other arms if they would happen to meet in a desert, among Cannibles.
Afrikan SpirAfrikan Spir Nothing that rest on some contradictory basis shall succeed or last in the long run (“ne saurait réussir ou durer, à la longue”, Fr.); all that involve (or imply…) a contradiction is fatally destined, early or late, to disintegrate and disappear.
Afrikan SpirAfrikan Spir A good man (“un homme de bien”, Fr.) never wholly perishes, the best part of his being outlives (or survives) in eternity.
Afrikan SpirAfrikan Spir The most sacred duty, the supreme and urgent work, is to deliver humanity from the malediction of Cain – fratricidal war.
Afrikan SpirAfrikan Spir Short-sighted (à courte vue”, Fr.) interests, which, when all is said and done, are also prejudicial (or detrimental, or harmful) to those very same that pursue them?
Afrikan SpirAfrikan Spir If the present civilisation does not acquire some stable moral fondations (“bases morales stables”, Fr.), its existence will hardly be more assured than that of the civilisations that have preceeded it, and which have fallen (or collapse, or failed).
Afrikan SpirAfrikan Spir A man, engaged in his simple reflections in everyday life, will comprehend neither the possibility, nor the benefits of self-sacrifice, but, when given (“qu’on lui donne”, Fr.) a great cause to defend, and he will find only natural to sacrifice oneself for it.
Afrikan SpirAfrikan Spir The realization of justice is, in the actual state of things, a matter of life or death for society and for civilisation itself.
Afrikan SpirAfrikan Spir Experience shows that what great role pratice and experience play in education; pratice, the prolonged exercice lead to habit: exemple suggests imitation.
Afrikan SpirAfrikan Spir The fact that men have a same origin and live in the same universe means that they are representatives of a same unity.
Afrikan SpirAfrikan Spir Moral was a principle of inner life, whereas in our days, most of the time one is content to adhere to an official moral, that we recognize in theory, but that one does not care to put into practice.
Afrikan SpirAfrikan Spir As long as men will not be freed from their errors and delusions, humanity will not be able to go towards (“marcher vers”, Fr.) the accomplishment of its true destinies.
Afrikan SpirAfrikan Spir Deep down, everything boils down (“au fond tout se ramène”, Fr.) to the following simple question; Do we really want justice and the realization in this world of higher principles, or else do we want to serve selfish.
Afrikan SpirAfrikan Spir We can, following the exemple of Kant, consider the moral development and improvement of men, as the supreme goal of human evolution.
Afrikan SpirAfrikan Spir The more his character, by rising above material contingencies, widen, become free and independent.
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