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““Not only have past processes made us what we are-"modern" or "postmodern" selves, rather than "medieval" or "early modern" selves-but by explaining them we both account for and implicitly justify present realities.””

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“It was not something called "religion" distinguished from the rest of life, but rather all of life lived in a certain way.”

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“general relativity and quantum mechanics cannot both be right,”

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