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"the individual human being cannot by himself obtain all the necessities of life. All human beings must co-operate to that end in their civilisation. But what is obtained through the co-operation of a group of human beings satisfies the need of a number many times greater than themselves."
— May 11, 2012 01:14AM
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Jan-Maat
is on page 300 of 465
"custom causes human nature to incline toward the things to which it becomes used. Man is the child of customs, not the child of his ancestors."
— May 11, 2012 10:37AM
Jan-Maat
is on page 95 of 465
"Man is a child of the customs and the things he has become used to. He is not the product of his natural disposition and temperament. The conditions to which he has become accustomed, until they have become for him a quality of character and matters of habit and custom, have replaced his natural disposition."
— Apr 27, 2012 10:35AM
