
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics Part 1
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The Evolution of Humanity
It is a mistake to assign the epithets evolutionary and biological, to teachings which blithely disparage whole of mankind's history. Biology does not provide any standard for the appraisal of changes occurring within living beings. It is a fact that civilization, when judged from this point of view, is to be considered a benefit and not an evil. Man must become a worthy scion of his ancestors, the noble beasts of days gone by. They have propagated a morality which calls their own inferiority virtue and the eminence of the noble heroes. Vice, this moral rebellion of the slaves must be undone by a transvaluation of all values.
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