Liberty, For What? Why Polarization is Downstream of Pluralism
E pluribus unum?
“False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime without knowing what they are doing.”
– Joseph De Maistre
“The life offered me on such infamous terms I abandon without regret.”
– Jacques de Molay
“Grief everywhere, Everywhere terror, and all shapes of death.”
– Aeneid II. 490-491
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
“Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?”
– Job 40:20
“For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.”
– Matthew 11:30
Why feelings matter more than facts in academia.
“Lord, you gave him great talent, and he used it for your glory. You gave him great suffering, and he accepted it for your blessing…”
– Abbé Fontaine
“Our major secret weapon is to deprive you of an enemy.”
– Georgi Arbatov