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Friday, December 4, 2009

:The two sources of Morality and Religion" by Henri Bergson,1932


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There are two kinds of morality :
compulsive morality and
ideal morality.
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There are two kinds of religion :
popular religion and
dynamic religion.
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Corresponding to the two kinds of morality and the two kinds of religion are :
two kinds of societies :
the closed and
the open,
and two kinds of souls :
the enslaved and
the free.
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The two sources of morality and religion are the practical needs of men and societies and the idealistic impulse.
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Men rise above the static patterns of compulsive moralities and popular religions,
achieving freedom in open societies,when they recapture,
through mystical intuition,their original vital impetus.
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