"When nothing is revered, irreverence ceases to indicate critical thought."
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From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present (New York: HarperCollins, 2000), pt. 4
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Jacques Barzun
Jacques Barzun (November 30, 1907 β October 25, 2012) was a French-born American historian known for his studies of the history of ideas and cultural history. He wrote about a wide range of subjects, including baseball, mystery novels, and classical music, and was also known as a philosopher of education.
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