Men are not allowed to think freely about chemistry and biology: why should they be allowed to think freely about political philosophy?

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• Emile Durkheim:

  Religious representations are collective representations which express collective realities.

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• Talcott Parsons:

  A gloss is a total system of perception and language.

• Daniel Bell:

  But in action, one defies one's character.

• Thomas E. Mann:

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• Deborah Tannen:

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• Robert Staughton Lynd:

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• James S. Coleman:

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