Religious Commitment and Freedom
The human soul IS ever thrilled by the prospects of freedom. When Rousseau wrote, in The Social Contract that "man is born free; and every- where he is in Chains," he became a champion of human freedom. A little over a century ago, communists came up with their version of the ideal of free...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Έκδοση: |
1987
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| Στο/Στη: |
Journal of Dharma
Έτος: 1987, Τόμος: 12, Τεύχος: 3, Σελίδες: 247-260 |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Religious
B Commitment B Freedom |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Σύνοψη: | The human soul IS ever thrilled by the prospects of freedom. When Rousseau wrote, in The Social Contract that "man is born free; and every- where he is in Chains," he became a champion of human freedom. A little over a century ago, communists came up with their version of the ideal of freedom, a freedom in the economic sphere. The Manifesto of the Communist Party declares: "here it becomes evident, that the bourgeosie is unfit any longer to be the ruling class in society, and to impose its conditions of existence upon society as an over-riding law. It is unfit to rule because it is incompetent to assure an existence to its slave within its slavery ... " "Let the ruling classes tremble at a communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win." |
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| ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma
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