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The Center of the World

Former Archbishop of Canterbury William Temple describing original sin

I am the centre of the world I see; where the horizon is depends on where I stand…Education may make my self-centeredness less disastrous by widening my horizon of interest; so far it is like climbing a tower, which widens the horizon for physical vision, while leaving me still the centre and standard of reference.

Christianity and Social Order, 1942; SCM Press edition, 1950, pp. 36–37.