The ideas that define Western civilization, Nietzsche said,… - Dinesh D'Souza

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The ideas that define Western civilization, Nietzsche said, are based on Christianity. Because some of these ideas seem to have taken on a life of their own, we might have the illusion that we can abandon Christianity while retaining them. This illusion, Nietzsche warns us, is just that. Remove Christianity and the ideas fall too.

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Dinesh Joseph D'Souza (born April 25, 1961) is an Indian-born American political commentator, filmmaker, and author.

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