If Reason Ruled The World Would History

I Remember That During The Period Leading Up To Independence In Angola In 1975, I Was The Only Correspondent There At All For Three Months.

The Cold War Was Waged In A Particularly Brutal And Cynical Way In Africa, And Africa Seemed Powerless To Do Anything To Stop It.

There Is A Fundamental Difference Between The Polish Experience Of The State And The Russian Experience. In The Polish Experience, The State Was Always A Foreign Power. So, To Hate The State Was A Patriotic Act.

There Aren't Many Such Enthusiasts Born. The Average Person Is Not Especially Curious About The World. He Is Alive, And Being Somehow Obliged To Deal With This Condition, Feels The Less Effort It Requires, The Better. Whereas Learning About The World Is Labor, And A Great All-consuming One At That. Most People Develop Quite Antithetical Talents, In Fact - To Look Without Seeing, To Listen Without Hearing, Mainly To Preserve Onself Within Oneself.

If Reason Ruled The World Would History Even Exist?