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Some of the finest moral intuitions come to quite humble people. The visiting of lofty ideas doesn't depend on formal schooling. Think of those Galilean peasants.

Some of the finest moral intuitions come to quite humble people. The visiting of lofty ideas doesn't depend on formal schooling. Think of those Galilean peasants.

Approximate author period: c. 1904 AD · modern

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Alfred North Whitehead
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Approximate author period: c. 1904 AD · modern
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