“All religions are equal and good, if only the people that practice them are honest people; and if Turks and heathens came… — Phyllis Goldstein Honest people Copy Share Image
“discrimination had to be justified by “scientific” evidence showing that human nature differs according to age, gender, and “race.” Until the 1700s,… — Phyllis Goldstein Human nature Copy Share Image
“In the countryside, an outbreak of plague usually lasted about six months and then faded away. In cities and other places where… — Phyllis Goldstein Six months Copy Share Image
“Most young American Jews in the 1960s also knew very little about the Holocaust. Brooks Susman, who would later become a rabbi,… — Phyllis Goldstein Judaism Copy Share Image
“Any Jew who remained in Spain after July of 1492 would “incur punishment by death and confiscation of all their belongings.” — Phyllis Goldstein Death Copy Share Image
“According to Kant, the motto of this new era, which came to be known as the Enlightenment, was “Dare to know!”—Sapere aude!… — Phyllis Goldstein Buddhism Copy Share Image
“King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella created the Spanish Inquisition in 1480 primarily to deal with rumors of Judaizing by conversos.” — Phyllis Goldstein Spanish inquisition Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as a Christian commonwealth…. [N]either Pagan nor [Muslim], nor Jew, ought to be excluded from the civil… — Phyllis Goldstein Civil rights Copy Share Image
“Only a few places allowed Jews to settle openly and in large numbers. Among them were Italy, particularly the Papal States (territories… — Phyllis Goldstein Eastern europe Copy Share Image
“As matters now stand, a great deal is still lacking in order for men as a whole to… apply [reason] confidently to… — Phyllis Goldstein Age of enlightenment Copy Share Image
“Many universities no longer focused almost entirely on religious studies. Students now explored the liberal arts—including the literature, music, and art of… — Phyllis Goldstein Books Copy Share Image
