19 October 2017

True.


Sir Roger Scruton on fake culture and the culture of fakes ...

The life of the mind has its intrinsic methods and rewards. It is concerned with the true, the beautiful and the good, which between them define the scope of reasoning and the goals of serious inquiry. But each of those goals can be faked, and one of the most interesting developments in our educational and cultural institutions over the past half century is the extent to which fake culture and fake scholarship have driven out the true varieties. It is important to ask why.

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Scruton's talk at the James Madison Program on American Ideals and Institutions ...

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