Nothing Is More Sad Than The Death

In The Social Equation, The Value Of A Single Life Is Nil; In The Cosmic Equation, It Is Infinite... Not Only Communism, But Any Political Movement Which Implicitly Relies On Purely Utilitarian Ethics, Must Become A Victim To The Same Fatal Error. It Is A Fallacy As Naïve As A Mathematical Teaser, And Yet Its Consequences Lead Straight To Goya's Disasters, To The Reign Of The Guillotine, The Torture Chambers Of The Inquisition, Or The Cellars Of The Lubianka.

Indeed, The Ideal For A Well-functioning Democratic State Is Like The Ideal For A Gentleman's Well-cut Suit It Is Not Noticed. For The Common People Of Britain, Gestapo And Concentration Camps Have Approximately The Same Degree Of Reality As The Monster Of Loch Ness. Atrocity Propaganda Is Helpless Against This Healthy Lack Of Imagination.

Einstein's Space Is No Closer To Reality Than Van Gogh's Sky.

The Integrative Tendencies Of The Individual Operate Through The Mechanisms Of Empathy, Sympathy, Projection, Introjection, Identification, Worship- All Of Which Make Him Feel That He Is A Part Of Some Larger Entity Which Transcends The Boundaries Of The Individual Self. This Psychological Urge To Belong, To Participate, To Commune Is As Primary And Real As Its Opposite. The All-important Question Is The Nature Of That Higher Entity Of Which The Individual Feels Himself A Part.

The New Frontiers To Be Conquered Are Mainly In The Convolutions Of The Cortex.