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— Sigmund Freud"The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization."
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The first requisite of civilization, therefore, is that of justice — that is, the assurance that a law once made will not be broken in favour of an individual. This implies nothing as to the ethical value of such a law.
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