Following of authority in any form, whether self-imposed or established from outside, as well as any form of imitation, copying, is destructive of incentive, of creativeness, and that it blocks the discovery of what is true.
Avere uno o più padroni o circostanze che impongono di fare o pensare certe cose può calmare l'angoscia di non sapere cosa fare o pensare e la paura di essere vittime e responsabili di decisioni sbagliate.
The method of authority will always govern the mass of mankind; and those who wield the various forms of organized force in the state will never be convinced that dangerous reasoning ought not to be suppressed in some way.
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