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He likens it to the intuition of number, in which some savages are so defective that they cannot really and easily count more than three.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “He likens it to the intuition of number, in which some savages are so defective that they cannot really and easily count…”
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Bagehot compares moral intuition to numerical intuition, noting deficiencies in some individuals' ability to count.
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