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| | Let's Talk 2000: February 15, 1997 |
 | | Magna Carta dates from the thirteenth century, not the eighteenth." He adds that "the rule of Islamic law -- the Shari'a -- operates, wherever and however it is enforced, to the exclusion of practices based on Enlightenment values," and, he also adds, "Islamic fundamentalists...are also addicted to what the decadent West describes as terrorism." |
 | | An early and influential indication of this approach to the millennium is a small book entitled On the Eve of the Millennium, published recently by the distinguished Irish statesman and writer Conor Cruise O'Brien, in which he offers an intriguing mix of sparkling wisdom and frightening ignorance. |
 | | They reflect the belief that the Enlightenment in Europe was the defining moment of modern history, and the intellectual and ideological pivot around which we should assess the past, celebrate the present, and chart our passage into the future. |
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