A passion for the infinite is daily presented as a sign of moral distinction, when in fact it can only occur in disturbed minds which accord the status of a norm to the very disturbance from which they are suffering.

Sociology founder

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Critiquing the romanticization of insatiable desires, linking them to a disturbed psychological state rather than moral elevation.

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1897

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