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Subject: Re: Individual as a Mythical Beast
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Date: Sat, 11-Jan-86 22:34:00 EST
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[Gabor Fencsik {ihnp4,dual,lll-crg,hplabs}!qantel!gabor]
>The cult of rationality is more likely to lead one to favor the
>rule of philosopher kings or a mandarin class.

Not a thoroughgoing cult of rationality.  If  you  are  satisfied
with  just a few rational decisions to be made for the whole dumb
society, a philosopher king will do (but  succession  remains  an
unsolved problem). If you need a massive rational input, democra-
cy is better (or would be with people  less  stultified  by  mass
media and standard education). An extreme cult of rationality re-
jects all authority but that of reason, and spells anarchy.