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| According to Egon Friedell, "bigot" is of the same [[root]] as "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visigoth visigoth]". In Vulgar [[Latin]], the initial v [[transformed]] into b (a [[phenomenon]] today encountered in Iberian languages, such as [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish Spanish] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese Portuguese]; visi had truncated into bi in Vulgar Latin (a phenomenon common in French and Portuguese). | | According to Egon Friedell, "bigot" is of the same [[root]] as "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visigoth visigoth]". In Vulgar [[Latin]], the initial v [[transformed]] into b (a [[phenomenon]] today encountered in Iberian languages, such as [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish Spanish] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese Portuguese]; visi had truncated into bi in Vulgar Latin (a phenomenon common in French and Portuguese). |
− | <center>For lessons on the related '''''[[topic]]''''' of '''''[[Prejudice]]''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Prejudice '''''this link''''']..</center> | + | <center>For lessons on the related '''''[[topic]]''''' of '''''[[Prejudice]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Prejudice '''''this link''''']..</center> |
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| ==Definition== | | ==Definition== |
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| The [[origin]] of the [[word]] bigot and bigoterie in [[English]] dates back to at least 1598, via Middle French, and started with the sense of "religious hypocrite". Forms of bigotry may have a related [[ideology]] or [[Worldview|world views]]. | | The [[origin]] of the [[word]] bigot and bigoterie in [[English]] dates back to at least 1598, via Middle French, and started with the sense of "religious hypocrite". Forms of bigotry may have a related [[ideology]] or [[Worldview|world views]]. |
| ==Quotes== | | ==Quotes== |
− | [[Primitive]] [[religion]] was very [[democratic]]; the savage was quick to borrow or lend. only with [[Revelation|revealed]] religion did [[autocratic]] and intolerant theologic [[egotism]] appear.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:7._THE_FURTHER_EVOLUTION_OF_RELIGION] | + | [[Primitive]] [[religion]] was very [[democratic]]; the savage was quick to borrow or lend. only with [[Revelation|revealed]] religion did [[autocratic]] and intolerant theologic [[egotism]] appear.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:7._THE_FURTHER_EVOLUTION_OF_RELIGION] |
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− | While [[religion]] produces [[growth]] of [[meanings]] and enhancement of [[values]], [[evil]] always results when purely [[personal]] evaluations are elevated to the levels of [[absolute]]s. A [[child]] evaluates [[experience]] in accordance with the [[content]] of [[pleasure]]; [[maturity]] is [[proportional]] to the substitution of higher [[meanings]] for personal pleasure, even [[loyalties]] to the highest [[concepts]] of [[Diversity|diversified]] life situations and [[cosmic]] [[relations]]. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_100#100:1._RELIGIOUS_GROWTH] | + | While [[religion]] produces [[growth]] of [[meanings]] and enhancement of [[values]], [[evil]] always results when purely [[personal]] evaluations are elevated to the levels of [[absolute]]s. A [[child]] evaluates [[experience]] in accordance with the [[content]] of [[pleasure]]; [[maturity]] is [[proportional]] to the substitution of higher [[meanings]] for personal pleasure, even [[loyalties]] to the highest [[concepts]] of [[Diversity|diversified]] life situations and [[cosmic]] [[relations]]. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_100#100:1._RELIGIOUS_GROWTH] |
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| [[Category: Sociology]] | | [[Category: Sociology]] |