Sublime

Los argumentos de Aron molestaron tanto a los acólitos de la izquierda como a los de la derecha. Su liberalismo estuvo únicamente del lado de la verdadera libertad individual: se enemistó con todas las ideologías y patriotismos para convertirse en el prototipo de intelectual libre . En las antípodas de cualquier partidismo, su liberalismo filosófic

“In every civil war,” says a Greek historian, “the great object is to change fortunes.”579 Every demagogue acted like that Molpagoras of Cios,580 who delivered to the multitude those who possessed money, massacred some, exiled others, and distributed their property among the poor.

The idea of freedom ‘thus degenerates into a mere advocacy of free enterprise’, which means ‘the fullness of freedom for those whose income, leisure and security need no enhancing, and a mere pittance of liberty for the people, who may in vain attempt to make use of their democratic rights to gain shelter from the power of the owners of property’.

He ranked truth above custom, and justice above the law.

Cette restriction progressive de toutes les libertés chez certains peuples, malgré une licence extérieure qui leur donne l'illusion de les posséder, semble être une conséquence de leur vieillesse tout autant que celle d'un régime quelconque. Elle constitue un des symptômes précurseurs de cette phase de décadence à laquelle aucune civilisation n'a p