Any general character, from the best to the worst, from the most ignorant to the most enlightened, may be given to any community, even to the world at large, by the application of proper means; which means are to a great extent at the command and under... The United States Literary Gazette - Seite 621825Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Donald E. Pitzer - 1997 - 564 Seiten
..."'effected a complete change in the general character of the village,'" and thus proposed the axiom '"Any character, from the best to the worst, from the most...given to any community, even to the world at large.'" Quoted in Bestor, Backwoods Utopias, 67. On the workings of the developmental process in the Owenite... | |
| Oliver Leaman - 1998 - 196 Seiten
...existentialists in the Nietzschean tradition disclaim such characteristics. But when Owen wrote that 'Any character, from the best to the worst, from the most...given to any community, even to the world at large, by applying certain means; which are to a great extent at the command and under the control, or easily... | |
| Oliver Leaman - 1998 - 196 Seiten
...enlightened, may be given to any community, even to the world at large, by applying certain means; which are to a great extent at the command and under the control, or easily made so, of those who possess the government of nations' (1963: 14), it is clear from the... | |
| Jack Quarter - 2000 - 226 Seiten
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| Agustin J. Ros - 2001 - 172 Seiten
...a society based on competition to one based on cooperation. This view is expressed by Owen (1963). "Any general character, from the best to the worst,...and under the control of those who have influence in the affairs of men." At times Owen is adamant in this belief, not allowing for the possibility of... | |
| Walter Kiess - 1991 - 491 Seiten
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| Michael Shermer - 2002 - 448 Seiten
...socialistic belief in human malleability (and could have been written by Wallace half a century later): "Any character, from the best to the worst, from the most...given to any community, even to the world at large, by applying certain means; which are to a great extent at the command and under the controul [sic], or... | |
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