How intellectuals come to sell their soul to the state is one of the great mysteries of history. If one didn’t know better, one might suppose that this class of people is dedicated to the life of the mind, that they enjoy the discovering of truth and the freedom of inquiry implied by the very process. This class must surely value the need to tell the truth, and would even take some risks to do so. It would surely never allow itself to be enlisted into cheerleading for despotism or otherwise propagandizing for the crude, preset, regimented mode of thought … Continue reading Intellectual Heroes of Our Time