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Kant does represents a distinctively modern view of the human condition in contrast to that of ancient high culture, found in ancient Greek ethics and also in ancient Chinese ethics.

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Allen W. Wood
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: January 1
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Allen William Wood
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