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How can we make an initial approach to the understanding of this profound passage? The following reflections about it may provide us at least a preliminary comprehension and grasp of its principal themes and ideas. Consider: the development of the human embryo is a necessary condition, an inseparable preliminary requirement, which must occur before the natural powers of the human being can appear and manifest themselves. The kingdom of nature must develop in a human being for many years - which is to say the physical, sensory, and material dimensions of human life must progress fully - before the dawn of the powers of thought and reason appear in a human being , and with it, the first signs of the budding maturity of the kingdom of humanity. This kingdom is that of reason, thought, art, science, law, government, and culture - the realm of civilization and its continuing progress and advancement; it is the Kingdom where humanity, by its characteristics and achievements, distinguishes itself from the animal Kingdom
(140:5)
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