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"The human being is the only animal that asks what it is for. Not what it is good for, that is a question every living thing resolves in practice, but what the whole enterprise of its existence is aimed at, and whether that aim is worthy."

— Brague, Rémi event 2023

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"As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born."

— Burke, Edmund event 1790

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"When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness."

— Tocqueville, Alexis de event 1835

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What Is Distinctive to Man

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Brague's inquiry into what distinguishes the human being from all other animals. Drawing on philosophy, biology, and theology, he examines the capa...

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Burke, Edmund

event 1729 - 1797

Anglo-Irish statesman, orator, and political philosopher, regarded as the intellectual father of modern conservatism for his defense of tradition, ...

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