Upon Further Reflection. Chapter 10:Intellectual Self-Management in Old Age. Quote 19

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Post published:November 27, 2020
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… those who thoughtlessly help those who can help themselves work a sinister kind of destruction by making the good things in life no longer properly contingent on behavior. (p. 157)

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