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There was a Christian redaction of the historical vision of reality, associated especially with the thought of St. Augustine of Hippo.

— William H. McNeill Discrepancies among the Social Sciences (1981)

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The principle obstacle to human dominion over the rain forests is still the rich variety of parasites lying in wait for intruders.

Plagues and Peoples (1976)

The rise of Islam offers perhaps the most impressive example in world history of the power of words to alter human behavior in sudden, surprising ways.

Keeping Together in Time (1995)

Categories of understanding along with everything else alter as societies change.

Discrepancies among the Social Sciences (1981)

Social science is itself part of the social experience it seeks to interpret and explain.

Discrepancies among the Social Sciences (1981)

I do not insist that I am right: I merely think so.

Discrepancies among the Social Sciences (1981)

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Christianity offers reasons for not fearing death or the universe, and in so doing it fails to teach adequately the virtue of courage.

Bertrand Russell Education and the Social Order (1932)

Christianity neither is, nor ever was, a part of the common law [this quote is referring to English Common Law].

Thomas Jefferson Vol. 1 Whether Christianity is Part of the Common Law (1764)

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