Furthermore, if you believe man can plead to no higher authority than man, then you must believe that morality itself is a construct of man. If nothing comes from anything of a higher authority than man, then good and bad also come from man; there is, therefore, no inherent good, or no inherent bad, except for that which pleases or displeases the most number of men.
And that, itself, is subject to change, as the tastes of man wax and wane over the course of time.
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Political Primer, 3
In other words, if you believe that man can plead to no higher authority than man, you must also realize, then, that nothing at all is inalienable. Everything is subject to the whimsy of man and his fickle nature. You have no right to anything at all save what other men permit you.
You are a subject.
You are a subject.
Political Primer, 2
Because if you do not believe in God, you must believe in the primacy of man. And that all that is due to man comes from man himself.
That given to man by man can be taken from man . . . by man.
That given to man by man can be taken from man . . . by man.
Political Primer, 1
Before anything else, you must believe in God.
Not, necessarily, the God depicted by organized religion. But this: you must believe that there exists something above the notion of man . . . that in the affairs of men, man himself is not the highest authority.
Not, necessarily, the God depicted by organized religion. But this: you must believe that there exists something above the notion of man . . . that in the affairs of men, man himself is not the highest authority.
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