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What Is Douglass View On Dirt
Douglas view on dirt is correct. Dirt is disorder or objects out of place. We do have a set of ideas of the way things should be ordered. An example of this would be when people wash their hands. When someone finishes using the bathroom they wash their hands at the sink. They will use soap on their hands while washing them. If they are the only person in the bathroom they will still wash their hands even though they are the only person in the room. Nobody would be able to tell if they didn’t wash their hands because they are in the bathroom all alone. We wash our hands no matter what because it is in our set of ideas of the way things should be. The germs do not belong on our hands. If we don’t wash our hands then the germs will be out of place.

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