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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 10:33 PM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 9:25 PM

Through education we teach them how they are the same, before they choose. We teach them existence > essence, being > identity.

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 7:20 PM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 6:41 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 5:29 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 4:07 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 2:49 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 1:32 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 12:34 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 11:30 PM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 8:32 PM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 7:14 PM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 5:52 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 4:47 AM

Universality....I'm adding to that term...

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 3:46 AM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 2:35 AM

See biography for Herbert Marcuse:
civilsimian.com/Herbert-Marc...

Read Herbert Marcuse's work:
civilsimian.com/user/142/con...

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 1:22 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 12:12 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 10:22 PM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 9:09 PM

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