For at least half a century, Western intellectuals have explicitly espoused various “third ways” in politics, economics, and religion. Such doctrines attempt to synthesize elements of what are understood to be divergent accounts of phenomena,…
One very modern exchange goes something like this. Someone asserts two things that are at least in tension, and expresses indecision about which is true. The other person responds with Why not both? or simply…
Those who claim to be above politics are ruthless enforcers of politics.
“All men dream; but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake to find that it was vanity; But the dreamers of day are dangerous men. That they…
“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and…
“To bring about similarity among people in the world, to apportion to people, if possible equally, the conditions of temporality, is indeed something that preoccupies worldliness to a high degree. But even what we may…
“If you happen to be a scholar, then please do see to it that in all this learned reading (which is not reading God’s Word) you do not forget to read God’s Word. If you…
From “The Power of the Powerless” by Vaclav Havel, written in October 1978: “The manager of a fruit-and-vegetable shop places in his window, among the onions and carrots, the slogan: “Workers of the world, unite!”…