Post by Maolsheachlann on Jun 20, 2017 8:59:26 GMT
What do you think of this quotation from C.S. Lewis, taken from his essay "Membership"?
As long as we are thinking of natural values we must say that the sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal, or two friends talking over a pint of beer, or a man alone reading a book that interests him; and that all economies, politics, laws, armies, and institutions, save insofar as they prolong and multiply such scenes, are a mere ploughing the sand and sowing the ocean, a meaningless vanity and vexation of the spirit. Collective activities are, of course, necessary, but this is the end to which they are necessary.
I am not sure I agree with it, and this is a part of where I differ from libertarians. I don't see political life and political institutions as a necessary evil. I see them as a good in themselves. Of course they can infringe on private life, but "abuse does not negate use".
I'm glad the campaign to abolish the Senate was defeated.
I'm not just talking about politics, but public life in general.
As long as we are thinking of natural values we must say that the sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal, or two friends talking over a pint of beer, or a man alone reading a book that interests him; and that all economies, politics, laws, armies, and institutions, save insofar as they prolong and multiply such scenes, are a mere ploughing the sand and sowing the ocean, a meaningless vanity and vexation of the spirit. Collective activities are, of course, necessary, but this is the end to which they are necessary.
I am not sure I agree with it, and this is a part of where I differ from libertarians. I don't see political life and political institutions as a necessary evil. I see them as a good in themselves. Of course they can infringe on private life, but "abuse does not negate use".
I'm glad the campaign to abolish the Senate was defeated.
I'm not just talking about politics, but public life in general.