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Even as rigorous a determinist as karl marx, who at times described the social behaviour of the bourgeoisie in terms which suggested a problem in social physics, could subject it at other times to a withering scorn which only the presupposition of moral responsibility could justify.
-Reinhold Niebuhr
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Even As Rigorous A Determinist As Karl

Reinhold Niebuhr
Even as rigorous a determinist as karl marx, who at times described the social behaviour of the bourgeoisie in terms which suggested a problem in social physics, could subject it at other times to a withering scorn which only the presupposition of moral responsibility could justify.
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