“Life, when fully lived under a variety of cultural conditions, can be euphoric and optimistic; it can be a joy to experience and a wonder to behold”

—  Paul Kurtz

Source: Multi-Secularism: A New Agenda, (2014), p. 58

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American professor of philosophy 1925–2012

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