Are We Taking Too Much for Granted?

In Herodotus's histories, the Persian king Cambyses goes nuts. It leads to a faction killing all the magi, which are the religious authorities in Persia. Once they're gone and Cambyses is gone, the question arises, what kind of regime do we want to have? And it turns out that that seems to be the precondition for asking that question,. Get rid of the old, which is acquitted to religion, get rid of the sort of traditional religion.And let's start thinking on our own about how to substantiate it.