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Failing towards Utopia
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
Is Perfectionism a Good Idea?
The story of Oneida starts with John Humphrey Noise, a young seminary student in his early 20s. He was overcome with shame about living in this world of sin. Perfectionism preached that one should choose not to sin but goodness is less about the sum of small actions and more about who you are in your nature. Ellen Wayland Smith writes that noise became sort of an official spokesperson for New Haven Perfectionism.
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