Stephen Batchelor Quotes

While Originating In Acts Of Imagination, Orthodoxies Paradoxically Seek To Control The Imagination As A Means Of Maintaining Their Authority. The Authenticity Of A Person's Understanding Is Measured According To Its Conformity With The Dogmas Of The School. While Such Controls May Provide A Necessary Safeguard Against Charlatanism And Self-deception, They Also Can Be Used To Suppress Authentic Attempts At Creative Innovation That Might Threaten The Status Quo. The Imagination Is Anarchic And Potentially Subversive. The More Hierarchic And Authoritarian A Religious Institution, The More It Will Require That The Creations Of The Imagination Conform To Its Doctrines And Aesthetic Norms. Yet

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