Socrates said that he would not have survived in public office, that anyone true to their morals would reach conflict there, and that there is no politician who is not morally compromised. They put him on trial for his impious observations. Then they put him to death.
Even if you disagree with Geert Wilders‘ morals, [...]
Remarkable “morale images” have been published, taken by an English photographer after the war in 1918. The vast perspective-compensated tableaux required up to 30,000 newly returned US servicemen, each acting as a black – or white – dot. They are stunning, humbling photographs. And yet… isn’t there always the hint of something a little terrifying [...]
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Allan Bloom wrote in 1987:
Freedom of thought and freedom of speech were proposed in theory, and in the practise of serious political reformers, in order to encourage the still voice of reason in a world that had always been dominated by fanaticisms and interests. How the freedom of thought and speech came to mean the [...]