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I cannot help thinking what an opposition of sentiment would be expressd between Mr. W___ and Mr. Southey both perhaps extraordinary men; the latter all fire and zeal in the cause of information and perfectability!
Letter 88 2009
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The perfectability of humans is the basic message of Star Trek, more so than any other particular theme.
Matthew Yglesias » The Trouble With Standing Athwart History 2009
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You can imagine what a horror it would be to someone like Zweig, believing in the intrinsic value and perfectability of mankind, to end up persecuted by someone like Hitler.
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But, historically, those who believed in the perfectability of our nation (Add: more precisely, our ability to improve, become more just, adapt to changing circumstances) have been right far more often than they've been wrong.
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As you know that half human/half God is a "heresy" according to church doctrine...one wonders if the perfectability of man is not what is sought in today's understanding of the science/religion debate, as it concerns Jesus, as God...
Half Human On His Mother's Side James F. McGrath 2009
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The opposite - your Kants, Hegels, Voltaires and Nietzsches, those who argue the perfectability of Man, the fools - that is the road to darkness and chaos and that's where we're now headed, inch by inch.
[reason and enlightenment] the greatest joke perpetrated on man 2009
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The opposite - your Kants, Hegels, Voltaires and Nietzsches, those who argue the perfectability of Man, the fools - that is the road to darkness and chaos and that's where we're now headed, inch by inch.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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In an age of digital perfectability, it takes quite a lot of courage to say, "Leave it alone" and, if you do decide to make changes, [it takes] quite a lot of judgment to know at which point you stop.
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Socialism is the belief in the perfectability of man: as evidenced by the commenter who said "show me a Conservative right paradise in any part of our planet earth and I will accept your claim with an open heart".
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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And the whole is crowned by pure trust and natural confidence in the progress and perfectability of human nature, which he exalts instead of degrading; this he holds to be the foundation stone of society and indeed the very purpose of its existence.
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