PART III, SECTION II.
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Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.
— Adam Ferguson
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Source: Wikiquote: "Adam Ferguson" (Quotes, An Essay on the History of Civil Society (1767): Eighth Edition)
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About Adam Ferguson
Adam Ferguson (June 20, 1723 – 22 February 1816) was a Scottish moral philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment.
About Adam Ferguson
Adam Ferguson (June 20, 1723 – 22 February 1816) was a Scottish moral philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment.
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