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21124 | Religious toleration has been institutionalised by the separation of church and state [Shorten] |
Full Idea: One historically influential solution to the discord unleashed by the fact of religious diversity was to institutionalise the principle of toleration by separating church and state. | |
From: Andrew Shorten (Contemporary Political Theory [2016], 03) | |
A reaction: In 2018 Britain we still have an established religion (Anglicanism - Episcopalianism in the US), but toleration has arrived with the decline of religious belief. It must still be tough for Muslims, Jews etc to see a different religion as the official one. |
11241 | Wise men aren't instructed; they instruct [Aristotle] |
Full Idea: The wise man should not be instructed, but should instruct. | |
From: Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 0982a20) | |
A reaction: I take this to refer to the duties of a wise man, as well as to his (or her) superior rights. |