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We may conveniently call it the ecumenical idea--the principle of the ecumene or inhabited world, as opposed to the principle of the polis or city.— The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth
Scholars have categorized them as modern indentured servants of the global ecumene.— Political Affairs Magazine
We may conveniently call it the ecumenical idea -- the principle of the ecumene or inhabited world, as opposed to the principle of the polis or city.— The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth
Stoic doctrine that all men are brothers, and that a man's true country is not his own particular city, but the ecumene.— The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth

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