The tyranny of Reason

Free-thought Constructive. One can almost hear the creed of free-thought solidifying.

A freethinker must not believe in any gods, must only hold beliefs that are supported by science and logic, must be committed to a sort of vague and wispy humanism that affirms that there are such things as human rights, and that the happiness of mankind is of paramount importance.

In other words, free-thinkers are ideologues just like any other. Is not true free-thought the rejection of all boundaries to the movement of the intellect? To reserve the right to believe in the impossible, the absurd, and the fanciful as well as the logical and practical?

When one of the major events of the Age of Reason is the Reign of Terror, it seems likely to suppose that enthralling the operation of the mind to the dictates of an abstraction results in unfortunate consequences, even if it is logic. For logic operates in the realm of necessary truths, and if one is truly devoted to pure logic, one must be prepared to go where it leads.