As Soon As Tradition Has

The Expectation Of Substantive Unity Between Natural Science And Social Science Has Faded.... Gone Is The Cosmic Intention Of Placing Man In The Universe.

The Distinction Between Private And Public Undermines The Unity Of Spiritual Strength, Draining The Public Of The Transcendent Energies While Trivializing Them Because The Merely Private Life Provides No Proper Stage For Their Action.

Socrates' Way Of Life Is The Consequence Of His Recognition That We Can Know What It Is That We Do Not Know About The Most Important Things And That We Are By Nature Obliged To Seek That Knowledge.

The Most Successful Tyranny Is Not The One That Uses Force To Assure Uniformity But The One That Removes The Awareness Of Other Possibilities, That Makes It Seem Inconceivable That Other Ways Are Viable, That Removes The Sense That There Is An Outside.

These Sociologists Who Talk To Facilely About The Sacred Are Like A Man Who Keeps A Toothless Old Circus Lion Around The House In Order To Experience The Thrills Of The Jungle.