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The End of Politics: Temple Slave States

New Polity

CHAPTER

The Limits of Rationality

This chapter examines how rejecting the divine leads individuals into a constricted worldview akin to addiction, where reason is compromised by an obsessive focus. It contrasts expansive and limited rationality, illustrating the futility and madness that can arise from a skewed perception of reality.

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