Sentences with phrase «modern states tend»

Modern states tend to keep meticulous records.

Not exact matches

And I do not believe Strauss is simply wrong in his resistance to the Christian quest for synthesis, for the attempt to combine reason with love does indeed tend in the direction of modern rational universalism — of universal «recognition» and «satisfaction» in a homogenous state.

What the modern presentation of this ontology tends to overlook, however, is its profound link both to the antique pagan polis and to the modern secular state.