There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.
Herbert SpencerRead
The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Taking care of one's health is a moral obligation that many overlook.
Herbert Spencer emphasizes the importance of maintaining one's health as not just a personal responsibility but as a moral duty. He argues that many people are unaware or unconscious of the ethical implications tied to their physical well-being, suggesting that caring for one's health is essential for a well-rounded and virtuous life.
Themes
HealthMoralityDutyWell-BeingResponsibility
In practice
Example use cases
In a health seminar discussing personal accountability, you might quote this to emphasize the significance of physical health.
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All quotes →No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.
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That feelings of love and hate make rational judgments impossible in public affairs, as in private affairs, we can clearly enough see in others, though not so clearly in ourselves.
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Be it or be it not true that Man is shapen in iniquity and conceived in sin, it is unquestionably true that Government is begotten of aggression, and by aggression.
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Organs, faculties, powers, capacities, or whatever else we call them; grow by use and diminish from disuse, it is inferred that they will continue to do so. And if this inference is unquestionable, then is the one above deduced from it-that humanity must in the end become completely adapted to its conditions-unquestionable also. Progress, therefore, is not an accident, but a necessity.
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