Human, All Too Human, Part 72 summary
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In 72, the speaker argues that deeply moving experiences shape the intensity of people's passions and the course of their lives, while their capacity to be affected remains unknown to them. The argument makes moral superiority or inferiority depend chiefly on the quantity of experience rather than its quality.
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- The speaker identifies deeply moving experiences as a principal cause of intense passions and the direction of a person's life.
- Examples include a father's unjust death, a wife's betrayal, and a devastating accident.
- People cannot know how far circumstances or emotions can carry them, and miserable surroundings make them miserable.
- The speaker concludes that moral development generally depends more on the quantity of experience than on its quality.
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What generally matters more for moral development, according to the speaker?
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