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--- zeitgeist:places:philosophies [2022/04/14 00:06] – [Vekesh] neyrick
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 writings of a clerical monk, William Miller, who in the run up to the
 Great Malice composed a treatise on hypocrisy, suggesting that it is
-better to admit you are uncertain of your beliefs than to act in con-
+better to admit you are uncertain of your beliefs than to act in contradiction with your stated values. The book, widely recognized as an
-tradiction with your stated values. The book, widely recognized as an
 attack on the Clergy, allegedly drove the monk to flee persecution.\\
 Miller reappeared several years after the Great Malice with a new
 work of political philosophy that coincided with his effort to found a
-small nation, Pala, amid the chaos of the Malice Lands. In his multi-
+small nation, Pala, amid the chaos of the Malice Lands. In his multichapter book he examined possible social structures, comparing
-chapter book he examined possible social structures, comparing
 robustness and stability with various moral values. Early chapters
 allude to a conclusion that would detail a handful of ideal nations,
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 compel a confession. After he refused to recant, his captors made a
 pyre of his heretical writings and burned him alive upon it.\\
-Today, Miller’s incomplete writings are popular among the bohe-
+Today, Miller’s incomplete writings are popular among the bohemian dockers in Flint and philosophically minded followers of the
-mian dockers in Flint and philosophically minded followers of the
 Panoply in Ber. Rumors say that copies of Miller’s final chapters are
 kept in a library vault in Alais Primos, where it shares shelf space