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Thomas E. Woods Jr.
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Quotes
- “(Catholic) monks taught metallurgy, introduced new crops, copied ancient texts, preserved literacy, pioneered in technol...”
- “The exaltation of human reason and its capabilities, a commitment to rigorous and rational debate, a promotion of intell...”
- “Churchmen sought to introduce rational trial procedures and sophisticated legal principles in place of the superstition-...”
- “The idea of formulated 'rights ... comes not from John Locke and Thomas Jefferson ... but from the canon law of the Cath...”
- “It was Francisco de Vitoria, a Catholic priest and professor, who earned the title of father of international law.”
- “Thirty-five craters on the moon are named for Jesuit scientists and mathematicians.”
- “Father Roger Boscovich is often credited as the father of modern atomic theory.”
- “Father Nicholas Steno, is often identified as the father of geology.”
- “The father of Egyptology was Father Athanasius Kircher.”