The Brown Book

Undated

Overview

Wagner doubts that broad intellectual equality can be achieved because genius will remain rare. He considers greater moral equality both more attainable and more important.

Content

Undated:

What kind of greater intellectual equality amongst people is to be hoped for, is uncertain: genius will always be rare. Against that, greater moral equality is to be expected, and — this is what matters, even if to ease the genius’s work for him. —