"If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear."

Life, Values, Existence, Limits

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"If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear."

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