This was like watching murder. Defilement. And it was something worse than either of those things. Even among his family, black trade as they were, books were holy things.
Liberation from the tyranny of the body contributes to greatness, but just as much to greatness in sin as to greatness in virtue.
A History of Western Philosophy
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Liberation from the tyranny of the body contributes to greatness, but just as much to greatness in sin as to greatness in virtue.
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