it. It is both a progressive science and a natural philosophy dedicated to a unifying understanding of God and the betterment of humanity. We are bound together with a philosophy of moral standards, mutual understanding and brotherhood in which all of us meet on the level and part on the ...
spring-fed aqueducts and groundwater wells—early modern Venice added a fourth possibility: a dense network of cisterns for capturing, filtering and storing rainwater. Venice was not unique in relying on rainwater cisterns; but nowhere in Italy (indeed in Europe...
During the French Revolution, the Jews, along with the Masons, were identified as forces for liberalism, secularism, and capitalism. German writers quickly found the Jews to be a more popular target than the Masons, perhaps because they were more visible or more different. The originally Judeo-...