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“Dawkins considers that all faith is blind faith, and that Christian and Muslim children are brought up to believe unquestioningly. Not even the dim-witted clerics who knocked me about at grammar school thought that.”

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Terry Eagleton

Terry Eagleton is a renowned British literary critic, known for his research on Marxist literary theory. His work spans a wide range of literary and theoretical topics, influencing cultural studies and political commentary as well. more

“It is in Rousseau's writing above all that history begins to turn from upper-class honour to middle-class humanitarianism. Pity, sympathy and compassion lie at the centre of his moral vision. Values associated with the feminine begin to infiltrate social existence as a whole, rather than being confined to the domestic sphere.”

Writing Whole Lying Values Turns Social Existence Compassion Moral Vision Class Middle Pity Middle Class Feminine Honour Sympathy Spheres Centre Humanitarianism Confined Upper Class

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“It is true that some liberals and humanists, along with the laid-back Danes, deny the existence of evil. This is largely because they regard the word 'evil' as a device for demonising those who are really nothing more than socially unfortunate.”

Evil Existence Regard Deny Devices Unfortunate Laid Back

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“Most students of literature can pick apart a metaphor or spot an ethnic stereotype, but not many of them can say things like: 'The poem's sardonic tone is curiously at odds with its plodding syntax.”

Literature Students Picks Metaphor Spots Tone Odds Stereotype Syntax Sardonic Ethnic Stereotypes

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“Nations sometimes flourish by denying the crimes that brought them into being. Only when the original invasion, occupation, extermination or usurpation has been safely thrust into the political unconscious can sovereignty feel secure.”

Feels Has Beens Sometimes Political Nations Crime Originals Secure Unconscious Occupation Sovereignty Invasion Thrust Extermination Usurpation

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