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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
Socrates
Socrates
Socrates
Died: 399 BC

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Illusion, Values, Nothing, Relative, Thoroughly, System, Morality, Emotional, Mere, True, Conception, Vulgar, Sound, Which, Based

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