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Truth is revealed, it cannot be discovered by intellectual prowess. It is discerned spiritually, and results in a sense of knowing. Some call the experience “illumination” or “enlightenment.” It doesn’t compare with solving an equation or riddle or actualizing an image.

Wait--we aren't switching courts, are we? (Oh, never mind. Back to Burke and Scruton.)

Thank y'all so much for your posts!

cornelis: Wait--we aren't switching courts, are we?

I didn't mean to switch courts. If I did, I apologize. The article said:

Perhaps the most fascinating and terrifying aspect of Communism was its ability to banish truth from human affairs, and to force whole populations to “live within the lie,” as President Havel put it.

Thus, to me, it seemed the nature of "truth" was a subject for this thread.

IMHO, Marxism derives power from the thought-mechanism of the animal soul, the nephesh in Hebrew. Conversely, conservatism derives power from Truth revealed to the spirit, the neshamah in Hebrew.

Nephesh responds to gratification and yields moral relativity. Neshamah submits to higher purpose and yields moral absolutes.

From there I went into my rant about our spectator society. It seems to me that the "players" (you thinkers) will need to communicate Truth to the general public in sound bites, spin and slogans.

Just my two cents, I'll leave the intellectual "heavy-lifting" up to y'all.