Clergyman's

The distinction between right and wrong , is nothing else than their unyielding opposition; thus the moral consciousness is an innate and intimate revelation of the absolute, which goes beyond every empirical data . It is only on these principles that we will be able to establish the real basis of morality.
- African Spir

The distinction between right and wrong , is nothing else than their unyielding opposition; thus the moral consciousness is an innate and intimate revelation of the absolute, which goes beyond every empirical data . It is only on these principles that we will be able to establish the real basis of morality.
- African Spir

We can, following the exemple of Kant, consider the moral development and improvement of men, as the supreme goal of human evolution.
- African Spir

We can, following the exemple of Kant, consider the moral development and improvement of men, as the supreme goal of human evolution.
- African Spir

Apart from selfish reasons, such as fear of punishments, fear of blame, of dishonour, etc, there remains only two motives that can stop men from acting badly; the natural sense of commiseration for one's fellow men - compassion, and the influence of education, by association of ideas - habit.
- African Spir

We can, following the exemple of Kant, consider the moral development and improvement of men, as the supreme goal of human evolution.
- African Spir

Apart from selfish reasons, such as fear of punishments, fear of blame, of dishonour, etc, there remains only two motives that can stop men from acting badly; the natural sense of commiseration for one's fellow men - compassion, and the influence of education, by association of ideas - habit.
- African Spir

Apart from selfish reasons, such as fear of punishments, fear of blame, of dishonour, etc, there remains only two motives that can stop men from acting badly; the natural sense of commiseration for one's fellow men - compassion, and the influence of education, by association of ideas - habit.
- African Spir

A savage man, questioned on what is good and what is wrong, answered: 'Right is when I defeat and deprive others; wrong is when I am beated and deprived by them.' This is the voice of the natural man, who does not understand that good is always good, and wrong is always wrong, whether it happens to ourselves or it happens to others.*
- African Spir

A same breath will give life to men, when they will will have succeeded in overcoming all that divide them et put them in opposition one another; then they will have a feeling of the limits of their individuality wonderfully widen and will be able to unite in a beneficial atmosphere of harmony and brotherly concord.
- African Spir