"During the metamorphosis from ancient to European man, self-awareness, rationalism, monotheism, and morality all developed in parallel as expressions of the influence of a new form of social tradition on the organization of the individual. [β¦] Europe forced the new mode of life till it produced a definite dissociation, for self-awareness did not then bring with it an adequate understanding of the self; religion could not offer a complete integration; the rational intellect knew nothing of its own origins, limitations or mode of operation; and morality necessarily failed to realize its aim. (p. 114)"
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Lancelot Law Whyte
Lancelot Law Whyte (4 November 1896 β 14 September 1972) was a Scottish philosopher, theoretical physicist, historian of science and financier.
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