The Present Stage Redefines The Possibilities Of

Free Election Of Masters Does Not Abolish The Masters Or The Slaves. Free Choice Among A Wide Variety Of Goods And Services Does Not Signify Freedom If These Goods And Services Sustain Social Controls Over A Life Of Toil And Fear – That Is, If They Sustain Alienation. And The Spontaneous Reproduction Of Superimposed Needs By The Individual Does Not Establish Autonomy; It Only Testifies To The Efficacy Of The Controls.

The Ontological Concept Of Truth Is In The Centre Of A Logic Which May Serve As A Model Of Pre- Technological Rationality. It Is The Rationality Of A Two-dimensional Universe Of Discourse Which, Contrasts With The Of Thought And Behavior That Develop In The Execution Of The Technological Project.

Dialectical Thought Understands The Critical Tension Between "is" And "ought" First As An Ontological Condition, Pertaining To The Structure Of Being Itself. However, The Recognition Of This State Of Being Its Theory Intends From The Beginning A Concrete Practice. Seen In The Light Of A Truth Which Appears In Them Falsified Or Denied, The Given Facts Themselves Appear False And Negative.

At The Classical Origins Of Philosophic Thought, The Transcending Concepts Remained Committed To The Prevailing Separation Between Intellectual And Manual Labor To The Established Society Of Enslavement. ... Those Who Bore The Brunt Of The Untrue Reality And Who, Therefore, Seemed To Be Most In Need Of Attaining Its Subversion Were Not The Concern Of Philosophy. It Abstracted From Them And Continued To Abstract From Them.

The Slaves Of Developed Industrial Civilization Are Sublimated Slaves.