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Lecture VI: The Triumph of Modernity | René Girard's Mimetic Theory

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The Seizing of Witch Hunts Is the Reason Science Was Invented

In a violent world, truth and science do not have the power to bring about love. Only in a loving world where we have stopped killing witches can science and reason flourish. Gerard thinks that majority is often hypocritical when it comes to truth. Just as persecutions proceed under the banner of the concern for victims, dogmas are now disguised as free inquiry.

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