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by Roger Shattuck (Author) "A few years ago a meeting of prominent scientists and science writers in Boston devoted a session to discussing what motives had brought them to..." (more)

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Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Harvest Books; Reprint edition (Oct 1997)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0156005514
ISBN-13: 978-0156005517
Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.5 x 2.3 cm

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Beware of "Fear of Freedom", 10 Dec 1998

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This book has many commentaries and that supposes that it has disquieted to the readers. But, as all in Internet, the base of these commentaries corresponds overwhelmingly to English speaking readers of Protestant roots. Therefore, modestly, maybe an opinion from other side can be opportune: that of a Spanish man educated in the Catholic culture, 49 years old. I knew the dictatorship of general Franco until his death in 1975. My school, a sort of military service for children governed by religious priests was full of ignorance - also known as "Forbidden Knowledge"- as all Spain then. University was no much better. Ex- Nazi refugees, altough no great criminals, were no rare living in Spain then. Reading a Bible without censorship was difficult in my youth, and also the known of the works of almost all authors mentioned in this book. To explain the Theory of the Evolution from Darwin was virtually forbidden. Curiously, Mr. Shattuck mentions Cervantes several times, but I think he has not well understood it because, yet insane, Don Quijote, says the following phrase: "By freedom it can, and yet it should be to risk the life". Books as these, are attractive, but preoccupates me... because I have known very little knowledge and many, many prohibitions. I don't deny the value of the common sense, and we don't use all things what are invented: simply we can't. And I don't believe me a God neither nothing similar... this must be clear because -no doubt- the English God writes would be much better than mine.

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