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Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens, and found them both sublime. On the naturalistic hypothesis we should rather compare it to the protective blotches on a beetle's back, and find them both ingenious.
Arthur Balfour
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Arthur Balfour
Age: 81 †
Born: 1848
Born: July 25
Died: 1930
Died: March 19
Philosopher
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Boston
Massachusetts
Arthur James Balfour
first earl of Balfour
1st Earl of Balfour
Viscount Traprain of Whittingehame
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I am more or less happy when being praised, not very comfortable when being abused, but I have moments of uneasiness when being explained.
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Winston has written four volumes about himself and called it 'World Crisis'.
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The tyranny of majorities may be as bad as the tyranny of Kings.
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