The Mirage of Utopia (Or Being Free to Be Ourselves)

The Mirage of Utopia (Or Being Free to Be Ourselves)
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Theodore Dalrymple
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Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad—or fools. The most dangerous and destructive kind of foolishness is that of intelligent and educated people. There’s nothing so absurd, Cicero said, but that some philosopher hasn’t said it: And worse still, there’s no philosophy so absurd that it hasn’t found followers among the upper echelons of society who want to impose it on everyone else.

Theodore Dalrymple
Theodore Dalrymple
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Theodore Dalrymple is a retired doctor. He is contributing editor of the City Journal of New York and the author of 30 books, including “Life at the Bottom.” His latest book is “Embargo and Other Stories.”
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