Luis Henrique

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faced with subversive opinions, ‘the state must protect objective truth’; which raises the fundamental question: who is to judge what is, and what is not, objective truth? Hegel replies: ‘The state has, in general, … to make up its own mind concerning what is to be considered as objective truth.’ With this reply, freedom of thought, and the claims of science to set its own standards, give way, finally, to their opposites.
The Open Society and Its Enemies (Princeton Classics)
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