[41] Question especially those
who position themselves
to be beyond questioning,
to know if they are really so.
[42] Deification of humans
makes no sense,
as they have faults.
Demonisation of humans
makes no sense,
as they have virtues.
Reflection of humans
makes much sense,
to see them as they are.
[43] Those who believe in ‘necessary evils’
tend to make evils truly necessary,
even when they are truly unnecessary.
[44] Those with much dependence on only
one or few sources of information are often
those with little independence of thought.
[45] Behind heroes celebrated,
there could be forgotten victims.
Behind ‘villains’ vilified,
they could be forgotten heroes.
[46] Your freedom is not complete
if it is at the price of freedom
of thought, speech or deed.
Your freedom is not complete
if you imagine you ‘have’ freedom
of thought, speech or deed.
[47] Truly great are those
who admit their littlest mistakes;
not those who only
perpetuate their ‘greatness’.
[48] Be absolute sure
of what you hold
as absolute truths,
or you might be
absolutely deceived.
[49] Always check against
so-called open ‘truths’
that do not allow them
to be openly checked.
[50] True respectability arises
naturally from having
truthfulness of all
and kindness to all.
Thus are their virtues genuine.
False respectability arises
artificially from hiding
deceit of some
and cruelty to some.
Thus are their virtues fake.
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