And,he notes,political participation has the power to moderate radical tendencies and take away the appeal of extremist ideologies.

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The question is that both tendencies are at work within philosophy and how do we encourage one side but not the other.

问题是,两种倾向同时运作于哲学之中,我们要如何鼓励其中一种,并劝阻另一种。

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They were very suspicious of the democratic tendencies, or so it seemed, the democratic tendencies of that northern society which was spreading literacy more widely, and eventually the right to vote more widely, at least among white people.

他们也对民主倾向表示怀疑,事实就是如此,有着民主倾向的北方社会,文化教育的开展更为广泛,因而更广大人民有着投票权,至少大部分白人有投票权

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