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It is beyond the power of philosophy to destroy the political myths. A myth is in a sense invulnerable. It is impervious to rational arguments; it cannot be refuted by syllogisms. But philosophy can do us another important service. It can make us understand the adversary. In order to fight an enemy you must know him. That is one of the first principles of a sound strategy. To know him means not only to know his defects and weaknesses; it means to know his strength. All of us have been liable to understate this strength. When we first heard of the political myths we found them so absurd and incongruous, so fantastic and ludicrous that we could hardly be prevailed upon to take them seriously. By now it has become clear to all of us that this was a great mistake. We should not commit the same error a second time. We should carefully study the origin the structure, the methods, and the technique of the political myths. We should see the adversary face to ace in order to know how to combat him.

Clinical psychologists meanwhile I‘m explaining Psychology as a branch of Philosophy:

“Only a finite being, who stands in the possibility of death, can grasp the meaning of Being.”