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Well, if someone spends all these words talking about something he says doesn’t exist…. What are we supposed to understand?
(seriously) The values of liberty, tolerance and rational inquiry are not the birthright of a single culture. In fact, the very notion of something called ‘western culture’ is a modern invention
by Kwame Anthony Appiah
These two sentences only make connection (sense) by assuming that liberty etc. are monopoly (or original inventions)of western culture. He obviously does (assume), and I assume that he assumes that everybody else does (assume). Phew...
Verbose. As well as platitudinous, I would think...
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