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Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
[Wenige sind imstande, von den Vorurteilen der Umgebung abweichende Meinungen gelassen auszusprechen; die Meisten sind sogar unfähig, überhaupt zu solchen Meinungen zu gelangen.]Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 4, Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962]More about this quote: wist.info/einstein-albert/210/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #einstein #alberteinstein #freedomofthought #freethinking #heterodoxy #peerpressure #prejudice #society
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Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
[Wenige sind imstande, von den Vorurteilen der Umgebung abweichende Meinungen gelassen auszusprechen; die Meisten sind sogar unfähig, überhaupt zu solchen Meinungen zu gelangen.]Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 4, Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962]More about this quote: wist.info/einstein-albert/210/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #einstein #alberteinstein #freedomofthought #freethinking #heterodoxy #peerpressure #prejudice #society
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Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
[Wenige sind imstande, von den Vorurteilen der Umgebung abweichende Meinungen gelassen auszusprechen; die Meisten sind sogar unfähig, überhaupt zu solchen Meinungen zu gelangen.]Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 4, Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962]More about this quote: wist.info/einstein-albert/210/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #einstein #alberteinstein #freedomofthought #freethinking #heterodoxy #peerpressure #prejudice #society
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Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
[Wenige sind imstande, von den Vorurteilen der Umgebung abweichende Meinungen gelassen auszusprechen; die Meisten sind sogar unfähig, überhaupt zu solchen Meinungen zu gelangen.]Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 4, Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962]More about this quote: wist.info/einstein-albert/210/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #einstein #alberteinstein #freedomofthought #freethinking #heterodoxy #peerpressure #prejudice #society
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Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
[Wenige sind imstande, von den Vorurteilen der Umgebung abweichende Meinungen gelassen auszusprechen; die Meisten sind sogar unfähig, überhaupt zu solchen Meinungen zu gelangen.]Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 4, Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962]More about this quote: wist.info/einstein-albert/210/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #einstein #alberteinstein #freedomofthought #freethinking #heterodoxy #peerpressure #prejudice #society
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We cannot have a society half slave and half free; nor can we have thought half slave and half free. If we create an atmosphere in which men fear to think independently, inquire fearlessly, express themselves freely, we will in the end create the kind of society in which men no longer care to think independently or to inquire fearlessly.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #fear #freeexpression #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #freethinking #independence #inquiry #intellectualfreedom #oppression #questioning #thoughtcontrol
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We cannot have a society half slave and half free; nor can we have thought half slave and half free. If we create an atmosphere in which men fear to think independently, inquire fearlessly, express themselves freely, we will in the end create the kind of society in which men no longer care to think independently or to inquire fearlessly.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #fear #freeexpression #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #freethinking #independence #inquiry #intellectualfreedom #oppression #questioning #thoughtcontrol
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We cannot have a society half slave and half free; nor can we have thought half slave and half free. If we create an atmosphere in which men fear to think independently, inquire fearlessly, express themselves freely, we will in the end create the kind of society in which men no longer care to think independently or to inquire fearlessly.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #fear #freeexpression #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #freethinking #independence #inquiry #intellectualfreedom #oppression #questioning #thoughtcontrol
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We cannot have a society half slave and half free; nor can we have thought half slave and half free. If we create an atmosphere in which men fear to think independently, inquire fearlessly, express themselves freely, we will in the end create the kind of society in which men no longer care to think independently or to inquire fearlessly.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #fear #freeexpression #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #freethinking #independence #inquiry #intellectualfreedom #oppression #questioning #thoughtcontrol
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We cannot have a society half slave and half free; nor can we have thought half slave and half free. If we create an atmosphere in which men fear to think independently, inquire fearlessly, express themselves freely, we will in the end create the kind of society in which men no longer care to think independently or to inquire fearlessly.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #fear #freeexpression #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #freethinking #independence #inquiry #intellectualfreedom #oppression #questioning #thoughtcontrol
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@MostlyHarmless Free of Thinking isn’t the same as Free Thinking, it would seem.
It seems to be that we have the political equivalent “why do you keep punching yourself?” Going on.
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@MostlyHarmless Free of Thinking isn’t the same as Free Thinking, it would seem.
It seems to be that we have the political equivalent “why do you keep punching yourself?” Going on.
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@MostlyHarmless Free of Thinking isn’t the same as Free Thinking, it would seem.
It seems to be that we have the political equivalent “why do you keep punching yourself?” Going on.
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@MostlyHarmless Free of Thinking isn’t the same as Free Thinking, it would seem.
It seems to be that we have the political equivalent “why do you keep punching yourself?” Going on.
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@MostlyHarmless Free of Thinking isn’t the same as Free Thinking, it would seem.
It seems to be that we have the political equivalent “why do you keep punching yourself?” Going on.
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Let the human Mind loose. It must be loose; it will be loose. Superstition and Despotism cannot confine it.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1816-11-13) to John Quincy AdamsMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/6140/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #despotism #dogma #freethought #freedom #liberty #orthodoxy #superstition #tyranny #freethinking
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Let the human Mind loose. It must be loose; it will be loose. Superstition and Despotism cannot confine it.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1816-11-13) to John Quincy AdamsMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/6140/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #despotism #dogma #freethought #freedom #liberty #orthodoxy #superstition #tyranny #freethinking
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Let the human Mind loose. It must be loose; it will be loose. Superstition and Despotism cannot confine it.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1816-11-13) to John Quincy AdamsMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/6140/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #despotism #dogma #freethought #freedom #liberty #orthodoxy #superstition #tyranny #freethinking
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Let the human Mind loose. It must be loose; it will be loose. Superstition and Despotism cannot confine it.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1816-11-13) to John Quincy AdamsMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/6140/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #despotism #dogma #freethought #freedom #liberty #orthodoxy #superstition #tyranny #freethinking
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The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense "Read this book, strengthen your resolve & help us all return to reason" Sale: $19.99 to $1.99 by Gad Saad Rating: 4.7/5 (5810 Reviews) #politics #freethinking #civilrights #commonsense #liberty #empathy #criticalthinking #BookSky
The Parasitic Mind: How Infect... -
The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense "Read this book, strengthen your resolve & help us all return to reason" Sale: $19.99 to $1.99 by Gad Saad Rating: 4.7/5 (5810 Reviews) #politics #freethinking #civilrights #commonsense #liberty #empathy #criticalthinking #BookSky
The Parasitic Mind: How Infect... -
The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense "Read this book, strengthen your resolve & help us all return to reason" Sale: $19.99 to $1.99 by Gad Saad Rating: 4.7/5 (5810 Reviews) #politics #freethinking #civilrights #commonsense #liberty #empathy #criticalthinking #BookSky
The Parasitic Mind: How Infect... -
The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense "Read this book, strengthen your resolve & help us all return to reason" Sale: $19.99 to $1.99 by Gad Saad Rating: 4.7/5 (5810 Reviews) #politics #freethinking #civilrights #commonsense #liberty #empathy #criticalthinking #BookSky
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CLÉANTE:These are the arguments of all your kind:
Since they can’t see, they think that no one ought;
Whoever does, is tainted with free thought;
Whoever balks at pious affectation
Fails to hold piety in veneration.
Come now, for all your talk, I’m not afraid;
Heaven sees my heart, and I know what I’ve said.
[Voilà de vos pareils le discours ordinaire:
Ils veulent que chacun soit aveugle comme eux;
C’est être libertin que d’avoir de bons yeux;
Et qui n’adore pas de vaines simagrées
N’a ni respect ni foi pour les choses sacrées.
Allez, tous vos discours ne me font point de peur;
Je sais comme je parle, et le ciel voit mon cœur.]
Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L’Imposteur], Act 1, sc. 6 (1669) [tr. Frame (1967), 1.5]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/moliere/77776/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #moliere #tartuffe #accusations #blindness #clearseeing #conscience #devotion #freethought #freethinking #heresy #impiety #orthodoxy #piety #religion
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CLÉANTE:These are the arguments of all your kind:
Since they can’t see, they think that no one ought;
Whoever does, is tainted with free thought;
Whoever balks at pious affectation
Fails to hold piety in veneration.
Come now, for all your talk, I’m not afraid;
Heaven sees my heart, and I know what I’ve said.
[Voilà de vos pareils le discours ordinaire:
Ils veulent que chacun soit aveugle comme eux;
C’est être libertin que d’avoir de bons yeux;
Et qui n’adore pas de vaines simagrées
N’a ni respect ni foi pour les choses sacrées.
Allez, tous vos discours ne me font point de peur;
Je sais comme je parle, et le ciel voit mon cœur.]
Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L’Imposteur], Act 1, sc. 6 (1669) [tr. Frame (1967), 1.5]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/moliere/77776/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #moliere #tartuffe #accusations #blindness #clearseeing #conscience #devotion #freethought #freethinking #heresy #impiety #orthodoxy #piety #religion
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CLÉANTE:These are the arguments of all your kind:
Since they can’t see, they think that no one ought;
Whoever does, is tainted with free thought;
Whoever balks at pious affectation
Fails to hold piety in veneration.
Come now, for all your talk, I’m not afraid;
Heaven sees my heart, and I know what I’ve said.
[Voilà de vos pareils le discours ordinaire:
Ils veulent que chacun soit aveugle comme eux;
C’est être libertin que d’avoir de bons yeux;
Et qui n’adore pas de vaines simagrées
N’a ni respect ni foi pour les choses sacrées.
Allez, tous vos discours ne me font point de peur;
Je sais comme je parle, et le ciel voit mon cœur.]
Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L’Imposteur], Act 1, sc. 6 (1669) [tr. Frame (1967), 1.5]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/moliere/77776/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #moliere #tartuffe #accusations #blindness #clearseeing #conscience #devotion #freethought #freethinking #heresy #impiety #orthodoxy #piety #religion
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imagine anarchist yaoi "fuck the police" lol would be peak #freethinking
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Made by 'n' until 6·Dec·2024
#misandry #misandric #misogyny #misogynist #homophobia #homophobic #femicide #left #leftist #leftwing #transphobia #transfobic #abortion #patriarchate #patriarchy #androphobia #androphobic #ginophobia #ginophonic #misomo #relationalmurder #misotrans #infanticide #matriarchate #matriarchy #meme #fun #funny #satire #laugh #reflection #reflexion #discussion #talk #freethinking #freethinker #squidward #squidwardmeme
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Made by 'n' until 6·Dec·2024
#misandry #misandric #misogyny #misogynist #homophobia #homophobic #femicide #left #leftist #leftwing #transphobia #transfobic #abortion #patriarchate #patriarchy #androphobia #androphobic #ginophobia #ginophonic #misomo #relationalmurder #misotrans #infanticide #matriarchate #matriarchy #meme #fun #funny #satire #laugh #reflection #reflexion #discussion #talk #freethinking #freethinker #squidward #squidwardmeme
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Made by 'n' until 6·Dec·2024
#misandry #misandric #misogyny #misogynist #homophobia #homophobic #femicide #left #leftist #leftwing #transphobia #transfobic #abortion #patriarchate #patriarchy #androphobia #androphobic #ginophobia #ginophonic #misomo #relationalmurder #misotrans #infanticide #matriarchate #matriarchy #meme #fun #funny #satire #laugh #reflection #reflexion #discussion #talk #freethinking #freethinker #squidward #squidwardmeme
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A quotation from Russell, Bertrand:
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The Ten Commandments that, as a teacher, I should wish to promulgate, might be set forth as follows:Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light.
Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.
When you meet with oppo…
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/russell-bertrand/70550/#quote #quotes #quotation #Decalogue #skepticism #freethinking
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A quotation from Russell, Bertrand:
«
The Ten Commandments that, as a teacher, I should wish to promulgate, might be set forth as follows:Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light.
Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.
When you meet with oppo…
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/russell-bertrand/70550/#quote #quotes #quotation #Decalogue #skepticism #freethinking
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A quotation from Russell, Bertrand:
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The Ten Commandments that, as a teacher, I should wish to promulgate, might be set forth as follows:Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light.
Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.
When you meet with oppo…
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/russell-bertrand/70550/#quote #quotes #quotation #Decalogue #skepticism #freethinking
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"I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes." — Maxine Hong Kingston — — — #MaxineHongKingston #quote #quotes #mind #openminded #open #freethinking #thoughtful #paradox #consider #think
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"I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes." — Maxine Hong Kingston — — — #MaxineHongKingston #quote #quotes #mind #openminded #open #freethinking #thoughtful #paradox #consider #think
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"I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes." — Maxine Hong Kingston — — — #MaxineHongKingston #quote #quotes #mind #openminded #open #freethinking #thoughtful #paradox #consider #think
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- PranksFrom Virginia Woolf boarding a battleship disguised as Abyssinian royalty to Theresa May being handed a P45 mid-speech - pranks and hoaxes explored by Matthew Sweet and guests.
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#FreeThinking
- PranksFrom Virginia Woolf boarding a battleship disguised as Abyssinian royalty to Theresa May being handed a P45 mid-speech - pranks and hoaxes explored by Matthew Sweet and guests.
Relisten now 👇
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#FreeThinking
- PranksFrom Virginia Woolf boarding a battleship disguised as Abyssinian royalty to Theresa May being handed a P45 mid-speech - pranks and hoaxes explored by Matthew Sweet and guests.
Relisten now 👇
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#FreeThinking
- PranksFrom Virginia Woolf boarding a battleship disguised as Abyssinian royalty to Theresa May being handed a P45 mid-speech - pranks and hoaxes explored by Matthew Sweet and guests.
Relisten now 👇
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#FreeThinking
- PranksFrom Virginia Woolf boarding a battleship disguised as Abyssinian royalty to Theresa May being handed a P45 mid-speech - pranks and hoaxes explored by Matthew Sweet and guests.
Relisten now 👇
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- Writing PlaceAlexandra Harris, Harriet Baker and Julien Clin join Shahidha Bari to discuss ideas of home and heimat, and stories and literary lives that involve moving from city to country.
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#FreeThinking
- Writing PlaceAlexandra Harris, Harriet Baker and Julien Clin join Shahidha Bari to discuss ideas of home and heimat, and stories and literary lives that involve moving from city to country.
Relisten now 👇
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#FreeThinking
- Writing PlaceAlexandra Harris, Harriet Baker and Julien Clin join Shahidha Bari to discuss ideas of home and heimat, and stories and literary lives that involve moving from city to country.
Relisten now 👇
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#FreeThinking
- Writing PlaceAlexandra Harris, Harriet Baker and Julien Clin join Shahidha Bari to discuss ideas of home and heimat, and stories and literary lives that involve moving from city to country.
Relisten now 👇
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#FreeThinking
- Writing PlaceAlexandra Harris, Harriet Baker and Julien Clin join Shahidha Bari to discuss ideas of home and heimat, and stories and literary lives that involve moving from city to country.
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- Approaches to deathViking burials, preserving archaeology in Uganda, the morgues of Paris and New York and the medieval attitude to dying are our topics as Chris Harding hears about new research
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