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...Franklin summed up the Enlightenment position: "Printers are educated in the belief that when men differ in opinion, both sides ought equally to have the advantage of being heard by the public; and that when Truth and Error have fair play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Citizen Ben's 7 Great Virtues | 7/7/2003 | See Source »

...developed a theory that distinguished between "synthetic" truths that describe matters of fact (such as "London is bigger than Philadelphia") and "analytic" truths that are so by virtue of reason and definition ("the angles of a triangle total 180 degrees"; "all bachelors are unmarried"). Hume referred to the latter type of axioms as "self-evident" truths. By using the word "sacred," Jefferson had implied, intentionally or not, that the principle in question--the equality of men and their endowment by their creator with inalienable rights--was an assertion of religion. Franklin's edit turned it instead into an assertion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Declaring Independence: How They Chose These Words | 7/7/2003 | See Source »

...floor. The two other Americans and I decided that we couldn’t resist dancing to the familiar music. After recognizing the trade-off between the good music on the American floor and the cute guys on the Spanish floor, I briefly returned to the latter, although the appeal quickly wore off and left me longing for something (and someone) American...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, | Title: Becoming a Patriot in Spain | 7/3/2003 | See Source »

...fence instead snakes deep inside the West Bank to surround Palestinians in two enclosures that together constitute less than 50 percent of the territory. The PA complains that the fence is designed to unilaterally draw the boundary between Israel and the Palestinians along lines wholly unacceptable to the latter, and Rice Sunday urged Sharon to "rethink" the security fence. Israeli officials responded that the fence was essential to security, and would go ahead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Mideast Truce Breaks New Ground | 7/1/2003 | See Source »

...latter could take a while, though, because there's plenty on offer at Eumundi, with around 300 stalls spread under the shade of vast Moreton Bay Fig trees on market days. Friendly stallholders sell local produce (everything from mangoes to organic jams to macadamia-nut coffee) as well as a rich array of local art, handicrafts, New Age exotica and colorful clothing. If you think you might look fetching in hemp, this is the place for you, baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Australia: Detour | 6/30/2003 | See Source »

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