MARCUS RASKIN
The former requires blueprints imposed from above and therefore
involving reliance upon physica l and psychological force
to
secure
conformity
to
them . The la ller means the release of intelligence
through the widest form of ooperative give and take. T he allemptto
plan socia l organization without the frees t possible play of intelli –
gence contradicts the very idea in social planning. For th e lauer is an
opera tive method o f activity, not a predetermined set o f fin al truths.
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Perhaps if we could agree on a lear principle of nega ti vity, and elhica l
limits, we would be able
to
see th e o utlines of the socielYslru ggling to
be born.
We are saddened by the death of
Robert Lowell
a friend and contributor.
