 | Adam Ferguson (July 1, 1723 - February 22, 1816) on Individual and Altruism(published by RevoltSource) |
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Scottish Philosopher, Historian of the Scottish Enlightenment, Anti-Traditional, Anti-State, Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Establishment
: A Scottish philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment. Ferguson was sympathetic to traditional societies, such as the Highlands, for producing courage and loyalty. He criticized commercial society as making men weak, dishonourable and unconcerned for their community. Ferguson has been called "the father of modern sociology" for his contributions to the early development of the discipline. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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Quote #4 on Political Struggle Quotes >> Individual and Altruism
“We have observed, that it is the happiness of the individual to make a right choice of his conduct; that this choice will lead him to lose in society the sense of a personal interest; and, in the consideration of what is due to the whole, to stifle those anxieties which relate to himself as a part.”
Source: "An Essay on the History of Civil Society," by Adam Ferguson, 1767. Part 6, Section I.
"An Essay on the History of Civil Society," by Adam Ferguson, 1767.
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