'Is all the world jails and churches?'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A rhetorical question questioning whether society reduces human freedom to confinement and religion.
- In plain terms
- Is the world just jails and churches?
- What can you take from it?
- Question restrictive institutions that control lives.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Do institutions limit freedom?
- What else makes up the world?
Another view
Churches and prisons serve different social functions.
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