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Torquemada Revisited
William Lowell Putnam
其他書名
The Power of Effect Persuasion on Intellectual Freedom and Racism
出版
Light Technology Publishing
, 2006-06-13
主題
Political Science / General
Political Science / Political Freedom
History / Europe / Spain & Portugal
History / Europe / Medieval
ISBN
1622337042
9781622337040
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=_FLBGtghVE0C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
This book traces the origin of the forces and personalities that brought about the Spanish Inquisition and its impact on the larger world. It dwells extensively on the causes and principal figures of the Protestant Reformation and explains how those attitudes came to influence the evolution of modern American politics and bigotry. A careful reading of this narrative explains how political and religious leaders, often being somewhat interchangeable, have been able to devise "enemies" that can be used to convince sufficient of the populace to elect or retain in high office whose who portray themselves as opposed to such "enemies"; ignoring, in so doing, the sage advice of Benjamin Franklin that "those who would sacrifice essential liberties for a little temporary security, deserve neither liberty nor security."