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re: "Western Civilization" has demonstrated its superiority in many areas
Posted on 1/11/19 at 10:44 am to crazy4lsu
Posted on 1/11/19 at 10:44 am to crazy4lsu
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One could argue that they are mistaken, wrong, myopic, but I don't see how you could take an argument about a specific thing, apply it to a larger thing, and then write of the entire group because of it.
You can take the work of anyone and use it nefariously. Religious texts have been used as such for thousands of years.
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Posted on 1/11/19 at 10:50 am to upgrayedd
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You can take the work of anyone and use it nefariously. Religious texts have been used as such for thousands of years.
Sure, but those works are mainly academic, and because of that, are very narrow in their approach. The works that cover large time periods or big problems haven't been in vogue for a long time. It's the study of "particularisms" as one philosopher puts it. The applicability of those works to larger societal ills is dubious at best.
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