Tag: philosophy

The law only fulfills the social function for which it is justified when it is the legal expression of common sense. As soon as it is necessary to go to a specialist to learn about it, or rather, as soon as it becomes specialized knowledge, distant and not universally apprehended because it is obvious, the law loses its social function and becomes a mere means of oppression on the part of those who have the power to apply it or benefit from its application.

Often what motivates misanthropy is not a total repulsion for what is evil in man, but simply a divergence of interests. To put it this way, it sounds like a small thing, but there are differences that are so complete that contact is always a hindrance, always a waste of time, if not an annoyance. And so the search for a point of contact that is known not to exist becomes painful. Without it, there is no possible human relationship, and if there cannot be one, searching for it comes down, as the popular expression goes, to punching a knife.

What is valuable about Theosophists, at least at first, is not the syncretism of the doctrine they profess, but the initial impulse to study and understand different doctrines, seeking in them what is true and good. In short, it is that old humility in the face of the unknown, that genuine interest in the different, which begins with the granting of credit, manifested in a willingness to listen. So obvious and so basic. If theosophy were to teach people this one virtue, it would already have proved invaluable. All the rest is moaning.

It is hard to imagine a more effective fuel for hatred than dogmatism. One could even say that hatred would not be complete, would not manifest itself with perfection and maximum intensity without this element. Because what dogmatism does is determine, consolidate, harden. And the more it determines, the more it consolidates, the more it hardens, the greater the aversion to what is left out, including what is simply unknown. After all, dogmatism endows hatred with its most extreme notes, especially because they are irrational.