by Henry Oliner | Jan 20, 2018 | History
from Will and Ariel Durant, The Lessons of History (Kindle Locations 136-144). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition. p 41 “The replacement of Christian with secular institutions is the culminating and critical result of the Industrial Revolution. That states...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 1, 2018 | History
from Will and Ariel Durant, The Lessons of History (Kindle Locations 136-144). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition. p 41 “We must remind ourselves again that history as usually written (peccavimus) is quite different from history as usually lived: the...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 20, 2017 | Economics, Politics
from Will and Ariel Durant, The Lessons of History (Kindle Locations 136-144). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition. p 20 “Nature smiles at the union of freedom and equality in our utopias. For freedom and equality are sworn and everlasting enemies, and when...