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I know of no better name than Anarchism.

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These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army or an orchestra, they function as a single body; or whether they are united merely to defend their common interests and otherwise function as separate individuals.

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The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit; in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality.

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Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society.

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You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop as an independent personality, but this does not seem to be true.

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The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough.

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The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals - its philosophers, its poets and its artists.

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But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or culture, is only attained by a process of cellular division, in the course of which the individual is differentiated, made distinct from and independent of the parent group.

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The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group.

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I have not the slightest doubt that this form of individuation represents a higher stage in the evolution of mankind.

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Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: Unknown

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