Humans in the social order: individuality and community
But then people must find something within themselves. They must find within themselves the impulses that were previously given to them by the bourgeoisie, the nobility, and the priesthood, and which drove them to act socially. And they cannot find them in their bodies; they must find them in the spirit that is imprinted on their souls. That is why, in my Philosophy of Freedom, I described the moral impulse, which is at the same time the deepest social impulse, the moral impulse in human beings, as moral intuition. Something must arise within the human being that tells him in the most concrete cases of life: This is how you should act.
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