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I am confused by the very end of the book. Here's the last sentence: "Conversely, the example of Plato's obsession with perfect spheres, ..., may have some sobering effect on the worshippers of the new Baal, lording it over the moral vacuum with his electronic brain." My questions are: 1. What does "it" refer to? 2. What unites all thinkers and their ideas which the author cites?

Hung Tran Plato is obssessed with the idea that everything can be constructed from the above, by centralization and theorization. For example, Platonist always …morePlato is obssessed with the idea that everything can be constructed from the above, by centralization and theorization. For example, Platonist always argue that most of inventions are directly instructed by the Government; however, the book has proved the opposite, those inventions were found by chance.(less)

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