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@comfortdragon.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 9:49 PM

See biography for Anthony Ashley-Cooper:
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#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 7:45 PM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 4:54 AM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 3:55 AM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 2:40 AM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 1:30 AM

I mean...it's artful...similar to the ancient Greeks....

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 12:19 AM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 11:13 PM

Truth captures you in the actual when you are born....no choice...

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 9:44 PM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 7:12 PM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 4:27 PM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 3:57 AM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 2:29 AM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 8:59 PM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 7:27 PM

A woman is a woman to the extent that she is a superwoman.

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 5:31 PM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 3:51 AM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 2:15 AM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 12:21 AM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 11:04 PM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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