pharisaism

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The notions, doctrines, and conduct of the Pharisees, as a sect.

Rigid observance of external forms of religion, without genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion; a censorious, self-righteous spirit in matters of morals or manners.

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Pharisaism is not a degeneration in a good man: a large portion of it is rather the condition of all being-good. Friedrich Nietzsche

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