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Posted by Neil Ellwood on January 14, 2008, 6:06 pm
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302. ... It is the effect of might, not of custom. For those who are capable
of originality are few; the greater number will only follow and refuse glory
to those inventors who seek it by their inventions. And if these are
obstinate in their wish to obtain glory and despise those who do not invent,
the latter will call them ridiculous names and will beat them with a stick.
Let no one, then, boast of his subtlety, or let him keep his complacency to
himself.
303. Might is the sovereign of the world, and not opinion. But opinion makes
use of might. It is might that makes opinion. Gentleness is beautiful in our
opinion. Why? Because he who will dance on a rope will be alone, and I win
gather a stronger mob of people who will say that it is unbecoming.
304. The cords which bind the respect of men to each other are in general
cords of necessity; for there must be different degrees, all men wishing to
rule, and not all being able to do so, but some being able.
Let us, then, imagine we see society in the process of formation. Men will
doubtless fight till the stronger party overcomes the weaker, and a dominant
party is established. But when this is once determined, the masters, who do
not desire the continuation of strife, then decree that the power which is
in their hands shall be transmitted as they please. Some place it in
election by the people, others in hereditary succession, etc.
And this is the point where imagination begins to play its part. Till now
power makes fact; now power is sustained by imagination in a certai
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