Human Improvability
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چکیده
The problem of human improvability is as interesting for discussion as it is difficult of solution. It is essentially a problem of relatively recent origin. For the notion of progress was only generally entertained when that of evolution came to be accepted. In ancient times mankind was conceived as tossed hither and thither in the grip of fate or fortune ; while in medieval times mankind was regarded as being Perpetually steeped in sin until the dawn of a Messianic millennium. Perhaps the greatest difficulty which confronts us
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