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Word: communitatum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1975-1975
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...contrast, fusing the first covenant (the biblical) and the second (the Enlightened), early American generations formed a communitas communitatum, a community made up of subcommunities. Within this community they could say, for example, "We hold these truths to be self-evident ..." and thus project some working hypotheses for the good society. Such hypotheses are often overlooked and understressed or do not even seem to be available to many after 200 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bicentennial Essay: Vice and Virtue: Our Moral Condition | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

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