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1860–1935 Scotland

John Stuart Mackenzie (1860–1935) was a British philosopher, born near Glasgow, and educated at Glasgow, Cambridge, and Berlin. In 1884-89 he was a fellow at Edinburgh and from 1890 to 1896 fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

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The Religion that is most nearly akin to a philosophical reconstruction would seem to be that of Brahmanism.

Tyranny is usually tempered with assassination, and Democracy must be tempered with culture. In the absence of this, it turns into a representation of collective folly.

An Introduction to Social Philosophy‎ (1895)

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