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There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as 'moral indignation,' which permits envy or hate to be acted out under the guise of virtue.
There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as 'moral indignation,' which permits envy or hate to be acted out under the guise of virtue.
Approximate author period: c. 1940 AD · modern
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- Erich Fromm
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- Approximate author period: c. 1940 AD · modern
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