If you convince yourself that you’re amongst the elite or that you alone are privy to the eternal truths about how to govern, then you can become a very dangerous person.
From an interview in Salon with Simon Blackburn, on his recent book on Plato’s Republic. Of particular interest is the context in which the above statement is made.
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July 13, 2007 at 6:12 pm
Parth
Its interesting you mention this. On a slightly different note, I heard an interview on NPR about how it is ‘sophisticated’ to be cynical (the context was role of Lincoln in American history).
July 22, 2007 at 3:47 pm
Niranjan
Interesting! Do you have a link to the NPR interview?