Moments of Permanence -

From: alias_sqbr Date: April 20th, 2009 05:13 am (UTC) (Link)

Lol, yeah :)

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From: ataxi.livejournal.com Date: April 20th, 2009 05:47 am (UTC) (Link)

I prefer Kierkegaard:

"Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while the strength of a majority is illusory, formed by the gangs who have no opinion -- and who, therefore, in the next instant (when it is evident that the minority is the stronger) assume its opinion... while truth again reverts to a new minority."

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From: flyingblogspot.livejournal.com Date: April 20th, 2009 10:18 am (UTC) (Link)

But how does Kierkegaard account for the popularity of Today Tonight? ;)

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From: ataxi.livejournal.com Date: April 20th, 2009 01:56 pm (UTC) (Link)

I hope it's covered under "the strength of a majority is illusory, formed by the gangs who have no opinion" ... but unfortunately I'm not sure Kierkegaard had it right, or at least he thought savoir was a little closer to pouvoir than it actually is.

Hmm. At least it reflects somewhat neatly on tevriel's quotation, by point out that by the time the "sentiment on any given subject which is entertained by the best informed, most intelligent, and most moral person in the community" makes its way to "nearly all persons of any education or proper feeling" it has become bastardised and simplified beyond belief and beyond truth.

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From: ataxi.livejournal.com Date: April 20th, 2009 01:57 pm (UTC) (Link)

*pointing

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