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Mikhail Bakunin

From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots.

Mikhail Bakunin

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Mikhail Bakunin is saying that, in nature, every person is basically the same except for two groups who stand out because of their intelligence: those who are extremely smart and those who are very unintelligent. This means that natural equality applies only to average people, while geniuses and idiots are exceptions to this general rule.

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