http://larison.org/2006/09/03/david-brooks-puts-on-his-deep-thinking-cap-iii-peters-talks-about-tribes/ n. the principle of good order "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:35:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://larison.org/2006/09/03/david-brooks-puts-on-his-deep-thinking-cap-iii-peters-talks-about-tribes/#comment-4517 Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:14:30 +0000 http://larison.org/2006/09/03/david-brooks-puts-on-his-deep-thinking-cap-iii-peters-talks-about-tribes/#comment-4517 It seems to me that Peters believes in the superiority of "reason" and what issues from it; he just can't see how it can prevail over blind or subservient attachment to [non-rational] tradition, except perhaps eventually through increasing economic opportunities and the handling of globalization in the "right way" which removes all of its negative effects. It seems to me that Peters believes in the superiority of “reason” and what issues from it; he just can’t see how it can prevail over blind or subservient attachment to [non-rational] tradition, except perhaps eventually through increasing economic opportunities and the handling of globalization in the “right way” which removes all of its negative effects.

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