Howard MorphyThere is a dialectic between common humanity and particular ways of being human.
About This Quote
This quote is a great way of explaining the idea that we all have multiple sides to us. The idea of us versus them has become the way of the world today. We all possess both our common humanity and our particular ways of being human. Sometimes we can be stuck in our ways and refuse to grow and change, but there is always something we can do to improve ourselves and make ourselves better people.
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