If our examination showed that there is no discrepancy, and that theoretical synthesis of the two aforesaid statements is possible, then it is possible also in practice to persist with a respective opinion, in any case, in a sphere where arguments still play some role. As the "passions" which "have done more in human history than the mind" (Diderot) today are shaped into a reasonable form, then, in any case for the part of a society which considers itself a thinking one, these arguments can seem to have some weight. It is enough to break one of the idols of our intelligentsia'smentality ("a nation's happiness lies in self- determination") to approach the solution of many of our spiritual, economic and political problems.

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