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"I want to know," said Phil Matlack, rising, "if one man asserts what you call his individ'ality in such a way that it runs up agin another man's, and that second man ain't inclined to stand it, if that --"
The Associate Hermits Frank Richard Stockton 1868
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As Tocqueville wrote, “Our fathers did not have the word individ - ualisme, which we have coined for our own use, be - cause in their time there was indeed no individual who did not belong to a group and who could be considered as absolutely alone” (L'ancien régime et la révolution
TYPES OF INDIVIDUALISM STEVEN LUKES 1968
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Instead, he taught the doctrine of anatta (an = not; atta = self), according to which the so-called individ - ual self is the illusory product of the temporary collocation of five khandhas, which are various psychical and physical elements that make up a human being.
SIN AND SALVATION S. G. F. BRANDON 1968
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Multiculturalism is the collectivist belief that the ultimate political unit is the group, that all individuals must be classified in some group and treated according to the supposed mores of that group, regardless of any deadly consequences to the individ ual.
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Rupert Fawcett, head of the Italian team at estate agent Knight Frank International, says he knows of individ uals who became deeply involved in a project which left them practically bankrupt.
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We've impressed upon her how valuable she is to us as an individ - ual and as a patriot.
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Ron Paul takes it back to individ freedoms (natch) and says, hey - we have to roll this idiocy back: "The war on drugs isn't working!"
Rachel Sklar: Liveblog! GOP Black Voter Forum: Half The Candidates, Double The Fun! 2008
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Bad Apple – causation – conservs individ action/initiative/responsibility individ punishment.
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February 4th, 2005 at 8:23 am individ-ewe-al, only nomen nescio made a technological argument.
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Botë të tillë një individ duhet të duket shumë si pushtimit të Grabitesve Trupit.
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