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A renowned Harvard professor's brilliant, sweeping, inspiring account of the role of justice in our society--and of the moral dilemmas we face as citizens What are our obligations to others as people in a free society?
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"e;You can understand yourself very simply when you are quiet - 4 December 1965 When you are really quiet, alone with yourself, you begin to know yourself andto see the intricacies of your mind.
"e;The intelligence of love - 16 September 1980 Can the mind, brain, the whole psychological structure ever be free from allconflict, from all shadow of disturbance?
"e;Attention implies that there is no centre - 22 June 1975 Consciousness, because it is in constant movement, has never found an energywhich is not contradictory, which is not produced by desire and thought.
