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 Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy: Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy:
  
-The civilized man is distinguished from the savage mainly by prudence, or to use a slightly wider term, forethought. He is willing to endure present pains for the sake of future pleasures, even if the future pleasures are rather distant. This habit began to be important with the rise of agriculture; no savage would work in the spring in order to have food next winter…”+"The civilized man is distinguished from the savage mainly by prudence, or to use a slightly wider term, forethought. He is willing to endure present pains for the sake of future pleasures, even if the future pleasures are rather distant. This habit began to be important with the rise of agriculture; no savage would work in the spring in order to have food next winter…”
  
 “Civilization checks impulse not only trough forethought, which is a self-administered check, but also trough law, custom, and religion … On the one hand the purposes of the community are enforced upon the individual, and, on the other hand the individual, having acquired the habit of viewing his life as a whole, increasingly sacrifices his present to his future…” “Civilization checks impulse not only trough forethought, which is a self-administered check, but also trough law, custom, and religion … On the one hand the purposes of the community are enforced upon the individual, and, on the other hand the individual, having acquired the habit of viewing his life as a whole, increasingly sacrifices his present to his future…”
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