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From a philosophical perspective, I want to fight off isolationism and protectionism, be it part of another voice out there that says, wait a minute, what matters to women in Afghanistan matters to America. An isolationist point of view says it doesn't matter. The articulation of "all life matters" helps frame the case that it does matter what happens to a woman in Afghanistan.

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Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.

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Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing . . . There are no hills to go down unless you start from the top.

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You are protected. But if you don't take risks, God will retreat and become only a subject of philosophical speculation.

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Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

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And I entered and beheld with the eye of my soul... the Light Unchangeable... He that knows the Truth, knows what that Light is; and he that knows It, knows Eternity.

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Happiness is the highest good

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To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

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The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.

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To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

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A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.

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If, like Hume, I had all manner of adornment in my power, I would still have reservations about using them. It is true that some readers will be scared off by dryness. But isn't it necessary to scare off some if in their case the matter would end up in bad hands?

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All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.

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Things bring their own philosophy with them, that is, prudence.

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Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

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What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?

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It is the privilege of true genius, And especially genius who opens up a new path, To make great mistakes with impunity

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The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.

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Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law.

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Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

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