«Religion is man's earliest and also indirect form of self - knowledge». (religion-online.org)
Such altruism is sharply distinguished from concern about one's own future, and there has been a strong tendency, continuing to the present, to explain apparently altruistic behavior in terms of a subtler or more indirect form of self - interest. (religion-online.org)
Colonies do not present the only issue, however, and Nasser's own attack has been extended against very indirect forms of «colonialism»; nor is it clear that he would allow himself to be humoured or bribed into becoming a satellite of the West which after all is not so very different a matter. (religion-online.org)