Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Feb 21
1 “The #history of #human #thought recalls the swinging of a pendulum which takes centuries to swing. After a long period of slumber comes a moment of awakening. Then thought frees herself from the chains with which those interested — rulers, lawyers, clerics — have carefully enwound her.” 🧵
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2 “She shatters the chains. She subjects to severe criticism all that has been taught her & lays bare the emptiness of the religious political, legal & social prejudices amid which she has vegetated. She starts research in new paths, enriches our knowledge w new discoveries, creates new sciences.” 🧵
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3 “But the inveterate enemies of #thought — the #government, the #lawgiver, and the #priest — soon recover from their defeat. By degrees they gather together their scattered forces, and remodel their faith and their code of laws to adapt them to the new needs.” - Peter #Kropotkin