b) But I shall be told that it is neither numbers not multiplicity of pleasures
that make the glory of man.
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I have a dream that one day this nation with rise and live out true meaning of it creed
Answer:
The author ascribes that, though owing to our superior intelligence, we might have a variety of options for pleasures like football, music etc., but it is not the numbers or the multiplicity of pleasures that makes a man glorious but it is the intellectual and the moral qualities that the man possesses
Explanation:
This line is from the essay Ideas that have helped mankind by Bertrand Russell. This essay summarizes the role of mankind in the different stages of the civilization.
Through this line, the narrator ascribes that animals do not have the pleasures of enjoyment, music etc., but man owing to their superior intelligence have a variety of options in terms of their pleasures and enjoyment. But, as per author, it is neither the numbers or the multiplicity of pleasures that makes a man glorious but it is the intellectual and the moral qualities that the man possesses that makes him superior to animals.
Though, when talking to people of our herd, we act friendly but outside the herd we humans are ferocious just like animals.