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He believes that the church's structure ought to be revised in order to "transform our system of absolutistic authority into one based on mutual service and partnership."

From Time Magazine Archive

Abraham Lincoln was dogged by the absolutistic demands of Horace Greeley, William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips, and he had more genuine charity than all of them.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is the absolutistic brand, spurning the dust and reared upon pure logic.

From Pragmatism by James, William

In its emphasis on the autonomy and integrity of moral action, even its opponents credit the Kantian or absolutistic position with having hit upon a genuinely moral aspect of human action.

From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin

History shows how easily both quietists and fanatics have drawn inspiration from the absolutistic scheme.

From Meaning of Truth by James, William