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The perils of designer tribalism.(evaluation of certain modern views of culture)
From: New Criterion
Date: 20010401
Author:Kimball, Roger
A generalized tolerance will be best achieved if we leave undisturbed whatever it is which constitutes the special character of particular individuals and peoples, whilst at the same time we retain the conviction that the distinctive worth of anything with true merit lies in its belonging to all humanity.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
[A] life without piety, including piety to the past, courts grief and does damage to the life of the living individual.
--Edward Shils
They are very gentle, and know nothing of evil.
-- Christopher Columbus
In 1983, the ...
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