...The sham of civilization is apparent
when we realize that it forces the majority of people to assume false lives,
to live in conflict with their inner convictions...
...The idealist must keep silent or be reviled...
...the thinker must hold his peace or be persecuted...
...the mystic dares not share his vision with the world which, though aware that he is right,
will crucify him if not in body at least soul...
...Hence, those with little knowledge babble continuously
and their words become the laws of men,
while those of nobler vision must remain unknown, unhonored, and unsung...
...Never can we rise to the true heights seen by the eyes of the idealist
while we are in servitude to the inferior part of ourselves...
Excerpt from “Lectures on Ancient Philosophy”
© 1984 The Philosophical Research Society
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