Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the…

Bertrand Russell
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Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic. ✨ The New York Herald-Tribune Magazine, March 6, 1938.
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