For intellectuals heretical, which, in general, I feel close, as thinkers, line of absolute principle, we have to follow their ideas, regardless of the conclusions which it leads. The conclusion is that individual freedom is necessary, in my opinion, not to train enlightened thinkers, but even more, to enable ordinary men to achieve the highest intellectual development that are potentially capable of.
The level of individual freedom of a people is dependent on its ability to control and punish injustice and persecution. And, even more so for a given nation, such capacity is weak, the more it takes refuge in platitudes (The truth always triumphs over persecution ;...), in intellectual fragility. It 's the classic situation that leads to the pernicious spread of conformism, ferryman of a kind of peace (parking, stop, stop ,...) of minds that leads inevitably to the sacrifice of moral and intellectual courage. Is generated in humans, although intellectually high, a kind of fear that leads Heresy, even the sharpest minds in silence. That fact carries the death intellettaule of the people, deprived of basic freedom food, consists of the comparison, the free dialogue is contradictory. It is therefore necessary that intellectuals heretical, and not far from the majority shared common places, they should strive to externalize their thoughts, also against everything and everyone, trying to illuminate, with their light dissonant affairs of man. They do not have to worry about disturbing the prevailing opinions, continuing to pursue the use of reason. Often for convenience and / or quiet living intelligences believe heretical idea to keep them for their beliefs, forgetting that this is not symptomatic of intellects logical and coherent, courageous and open personality. Real honor and pride of human thought.
E 'is true, however, that the greatest damage in the silence of the intellectuals is not heretical for them, but for those intellectuals who are not heretics. In fact, for them, the fact implies the development of the whole block mental, scared of reason, the fear of heresy. In a word, the block of individual freedom. And, individual freedom is closely connected with the intellectual heretical, and Europe (and in the Western world in general) have been the reason wellspring of progress achieved since the French Revolution.
In fact, in 1789, with the French Revolution, freedom in Europe has spread relentlessly, first in France and then throughout Europe and the RF mondo.La was a mechanism that eliminated the fetters on the free movement of persons, things, ideas. Is the foundation of freedom, not only for the French, but for the entire Western world. With it emphasized the need to give man the right to do " everything that does not harm others" (Love and do what you want ...) . Finally the man comes to individual liberty, then smashed up by politics.
Two hundred years later (1989) have recorded another important as the French Revolution: The Fall of the Berlin Wall. Although this revolution, having different characteristics from the first, led to fundamental disruptions in Europe and worldwide. In another part of the blog has touched on this aspect, now, I avoid repeating.
For me, 1989 is revolutionary, too, for the arrival of ... Stefania ... In
Revolutions of these fit some of the most important intellectual heretical that the world has ever known. Among them, I quote:
-Denis Diderot, the Encyclopédie father with D'Alembert. French. It knew that freedom of thought exposes them to risk, whose size is directly proportional to the intellectual level of the heretic. For his ideas he was forced to jail (Jacques the fatalist). He did not have any fear from the present fierce criticism against the powers that be and, even against his good friends. He fiercely criticized Rousseau, objected to D'Alembert, he sliced \u200b\u200bthe same with which Grimm took long walks discussing the freedom
-Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, heretic par excellence, outspoken, with no regard for anyone. English. For his ideas have endured, too, the prison (which should not be that much harder if it met quietly paying, even of her friends who tried to make him pass the time without much suffering ...). Even without considering the merits of some of his political positions. Sensational was the publication of the "paradox of the June 16" that has led to the destruction of a theory of mathematical logic developed by a famous German scientist (his friend), that initially ... did not take it very well ...
In any case, the above examples, are, for me, the most striking examples of heretical minds. Many
others in their small, try to do everything possible to keep alive such a presence.
Certainly, though, believe me, it is not easy.
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