## Pre-Capitalist Societies - [[Attila & Witch Doctor -- Rule of Force & Faith]] - [[Attila rules by force]] - [[Witch Doctor rules by faith]] [[Ruling by force & faith does not allow for the creative power of man's mind]] neither in the creation of ideas nor in the creation of wealth. ## The Enlightenment & Industrial Revolution [[Capitalism liberates men]] [[Capitalism declares the power of human minds]] - [[Capitalism gave birth to businessmen and intellectuals]] - [[Businessmen are carriers of science]] - [[Intellectuals directly deal with reality]] ## The 20th Century & Beyond [[A society is characterized by its underlying philosophy]] ### Problem - [[The great treason of the philosophers of the 20thC was that they remained centuries behind their time]] ### Solution - [[The new intellectuals need to reassert the potency of human minds and reason]] - Americans need to erect a new philosophical structure to support their material greatness. - [[Only a well-founded philosophical structure supports material greatness]]