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The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between

The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe was never purely economic or political it also meant the exchange of knowledge and ideas and the influence of social institutions and artistic and literary forms. – Christopher Dawson

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Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common ideals, and if it makes no moral or spiritual appeal to the loyalty of its members, it must inevitably fall to pieces. – Christopher Dawson

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Society
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Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life, there exists a strong body of opinion that is actively hostile to Christianity and that regards the destruction of positive religion as absolutely necessary to the advance of modern culture. – Christopher Dawson

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positive
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As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy. – Christopher Dawson

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Men
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Love, work, and knowledge are the wellsprings of our lives, they should also govern it. – Wilhelm Reich

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Where is all the knowledge we lost with information? – T. S. Eliot

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We can be knowledgable with other mens knowledge but we cannot be wise with other mens wisdom. – Michel de Montaigne

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There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words. – Thomas Reid

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Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I dont want to be an architectural firm. I want to remain an artist. – Maya Lin

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