We ought absolutely not to give out a teaching which is flattering to the lucky, and irrelevant to the unhappy. (G. E. M. Anscombe)

We ought absolutely not to give out a teaching which is flattering to the lucky, and irrelevant to the unhappy.

G. E. M. Anscombe

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