Trivial Interest

“…one of the few points in which one may be optimistic about the future of mankind”

“The voice of the intellect is soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. Ultimately, after endless rebuffs, it succeeds. This is one of the few points in which one may…

“I see no alternative…”

And I repeat with the same old passion, although I am gradually beginning to think that I am being tiresome, “It is the only thing we can do, Klaas, I see no alternative, each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that he thinks he ought to destroy in others. And remember…

“If only there were evil people…”

If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being.

Climbing trees in search of fish

These details not only matter, they matter too much to permit any generalized, abstract answer to do the trick and resolve, ahead of time, when rudeness will be judicious and righteous. The general, abstract question has no satisfying answer because the sorts of…

The penalty for refusing to participate in politics

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics, is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

From the following:

The good are not willing to rule either for the sake…