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AOI – The American Orthodox Institute – USA https://www.aoiusa.org A Research and Educational Organization that engages the cultural issues of the day within the Orthodox Christian Tradition Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:50:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 The Late, Refined Flower of Culture https://www.aoiusa.org/the-late-refined-flower-of-culture/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-late-refined-flower-of-culture/#respond Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:50:03 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/2008/03/28/the-late-refined-flower-of-culture/ Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Russian emigre philosopher Georgy Fedotov (1888-1951) proposed two basic principles for all of the freedoms by which modern democracy lives. First, and most valuable, there are the freedoms of “conviction” — in speech, in print, and in organized social activity. These freedoms, Fedotov asserted, developed out of the freedom of faith. The other principle of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-late-refined-flower-of-culture/feed/ 0