Unless we assume the existence of an absolutistic teleological tendency to perfection, we are logically bound to connect upward development with favorable external conditions.
"Prophets of Dissent Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy"
Otto Heller
The more absolutistic philosophers dwell on so high a level of abstraction that they never even try to come down.
"Pragmatism A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking"
William James
The absolutistic hypothesis, that perfection is eternal, aboriginal, and most real, has a perfectly definite meaning, and it works religiously.
"Pragmatism A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking"
William James