Tao Te Ching

“It was the Stoics who invented the conception of the brotherhood of man. They taught that all men are children of Zeus and that the sage will ignore the distinctions of Greek and barbarian, bond and free. When Rome brought the whole civilized world under one government, the political environment was favorable to the spread of this doctrine.”

— Bertrand Russell 1872 – 1970 CE
“20th century Voltaire”
from Unpopular Essays