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The trouble with human beings is not really that they love themselves too much they ought to love themselves more. The trouble is simply that they don’t love others enough. The End of Anthropocentrism?

Mary Midgley

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Mary Midgley
Age: 99 †
Born: 1919
Born: September 3
Died: 2018
Died: October 10
Author
Philosopher
University Teacher
Writer
London
England
Mary Beatrice Scrutton
Mary Beatrice Midgley
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Ought
Really
Simply
Love
Trouble
Others
Ends
Human
Humans
Enough
Beings

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