I have re-read John Ralston Saul’s Voltaire’s Bastards. But because I haven’t read it since it first came out in the early 90s, it was more like reading it for the first time. For those who haven’t read it, Saul basically says that reason (rationality) has become un-moored from common sense, democracy, and purpose. I … Continue reading “Voltaire’s Bastards” by John Ralston Saul: The Death of Purpose at the Hands of Reason