One can regard the moral law as an illusion, and so cut himself off fr…

C. S. Lewis
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One can regard the moral law as an illusion, and so cut himself off from the common ground of humanity. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.48, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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One can regard the moral law as an illusion, and so cut himself off from the common ground of humanity. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.48, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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