The Snarling Face of a Fascist
Allen August 23rd, 2007
I have a subscription to audible.com and I highly recommend their ‘budget listener’ plan that lets you subscribe to 1 audio book per month. You have to dig for that subscription plan as they want to sell you some of their more expensive plans.
Some of the books I’ve listened to over the past few months include:
- John Adams by David McCullough
- Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
- A Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
I am currently working on The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant. The book is obviously embedded in the milieu in which it was written — 1917. Long before World War II, the book bows before the altar of Plato and his classic The Republic.
As a practical libertarian, the overt control of society by the “philosopher-king” as espoused by Plato now horrifies me. The sad thing is that such a society used to appeal to the idealist in me in my earlier years. Of course society should be ruled by those who have been trained in self-less sacrifice.
Years of experience has born forth the thought, “Underneath the mask of an idealist, you will often find…
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