Alan Watts
c/alan-watts
The largest collection of talks by Alan Watts — the British-American philosopher who made Eastern wisdom accessible through witty and profound teachings.
c/alan-watts
The largest collection of talks by Alan Watts — the British-American philosopher who made Eastern wisdom accessible through witty and profound teachings.
…what we strive for now the people, of course is not a very reliable authority because it's full of stupid people. But de Tocqueville once said that democracy is always right, but for the wrong reasons. And the reason for this is quite simple: that the…
…evolution goes on: constant delegation of authority. That's why, obviously, the democracy is Superior to the monarchy. It was de Tocqueville who said that democracy is always right but for the wrong reasons, because there is operating in a democracy…
…be perfectly plain, won't it that the church has no authority, because the people is always the source of authority. That's why de Tocqueville said that a people gets what government it deserves. And so you may say, well god himself is the authority. Well…