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Philosophy1834–1916

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— Caitlín R. Kiernan

Literature1964

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— Robert A. Dahl

Science1915–2014

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"Today's secularists too often have very little accurate knowledge about religion, and even less desire to learn. This is problematic insofar as their sense of self is constructed in opposition to reli…"

— Jacques Berlinerblau

Education1966

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