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liberal arts and sciences. Truth, a public basis for agreement which 

 is open to anyone who takes the trouble to look for it, as opposed to 

 bases of agreement laid down by authoritarian dogma, leads to free- 

 dom, which in turn is a necessary condition for civilization. Under 

 civilization and free inquiry, there flourish the arts, sciences, and 

 humanities whereby men can broaden and deepen their search for 

 truth. When this circuit is in stable oscillation with intangible 

 products of the mind and spirit flowing in the directions shown by 

 the arrows, a state of healthy moral values exists. Kealism, however, 

 dictates that in the world as it has been up to now, and as it will con- 



TRUTH 



Public Basis 

 of Agreement 



MORAL VALUES 



USEFUL ARTS. 



■^ SCIENCES,^5&=-iSt^ 

 -fi^^MANITIES ■ 



Figure 3. — Reciprocal relations between truth, freedom, civilization, and the liberal arts. 



tinue to be because of man's continual desire for personal power and his 

 lust to impose his will on others, we must add a stabilizing circuit as 

 is shown in the next diagram, figure 4. In this circuit, the arts and 

 sciences lead to technology, which in turn provides economic welfare, 

 which in turn leads to military security which protects the peaceful 

 institutions that support civilization and promote freedom. Stable 

 oscillations of this group radiate material welfare. 



These diagrams suggest some interesting thoughts. In the first 

 place they depict a dynamic relation; it is the flow and regeneration 

 of intellectual ideas and spiritual values in the circuits that give 

 vitality to the elements depicted in the boxes. If the circuit is cut, 



