Panoply
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The Apollonian fire transforms the world in accord with the exigencies of the time.
This is the website of the New Apollonian Counter-Revolution (the Ontological Revolution). Its principles are announced in the Apollonian Manifesto on this page, and the movement's driving agency is the League of Dialecticians. The movement's dynamic part is the Truth Engine, whose Logos we cast as the Game of a Trillion Worlds. The Panoply is a lyrical, somewhat fictionalized account of our world, the league and the playing of the game.
Although we are energetic proponents of synthesis, of the Middle Way, in these times of great Dionysian excess, we are Apollonian by contrast; therefore, our revolution will be an Apollonian revolution, a revolution that seeks to restore what is good in Apollonianism while being careful to preserve what is good in Dionysianism.
In the sanctum of thought, where ideas flourish and ideologies clash, we, the Apollonians, as proponents of this synthesis, stand as guardians of intellectual autonomy. We are the seekers of truth, the champions of reason, and the custodians of individuality.
In a world where conformity often masquerades as wisdom, and totalitarian impulses constitute a grave threat, we defy the allure of collective consciousness of the Dionysian sort, the collectivism of the Borg. Our minds are not bound by the shackles of popular opinion or the chains of dogma. Instead, we roam freely through the landscapes of knowledge, forging our own paths and shaping our own destinies. We are interested in nonconformist ideas, in unorthodox theories, so long as they do not clearly run counter to Truth.
The Apollonian fights for his intellectual autonomy. We reject the notion that our beliefs should be dictated by external forces. We refuse to surrender our critical faculties to the tyranny of authority or the seduction of groupthink. Our minds are sovereign territories, inviolable and sacrosanct.
We recognize that true enlightenment is not found in submission, but in inquiry; not in acquiescence, but in dissent. We embrace the dialectic of debate, engaging with ideas not to confirm our biases, but to challenge them. We seek out opposing viewpoints not to vilify, but to understand. For it is through confrontation with the unfamiliar that we expand the boundaries of our intellect and deepen the reservoirs of our wisdom.
The Apollonian manifesto is a testament to the power of the individual mind. It is a declaration of independence from the intellectual tyranny that seeks to imprison us in the dungeons of conformity. We stand together, not as a Dionysian collective, but as an Apollonian collective (for there will and must be a collective), a fellowship of free thinkers, united in our commitment to the pursuit of truth and the defense of intellectual autonomy. The Dionysians embrace difference and wish to see every individual's mind the product of the minds of the many, whereas the Apollonian embraces sameness and wishes to see every mind remain autonomous. Thus, the unity of mind that we, as Apollonians seek is not a unity achieved by intimidation, sophistry and indoctrination, means that produce simply the same thoughts in all, but one achieved by freely-thinking people debating together, slowly bringing forth in the myriad individual minds the possession of the same thoughts, same by virtue of their possession of Truth—a Truth vouched for by no authority other than the dialectical process itself. We Apollonians of the League of Dialections have taken on the task of working to shape the human collective this way, We seek to encourage the playing of the Game of a Trillion Worlds, which is our Truth Engine cast as a game.
So let us enthusiastically join the battle for Truth, Goodness and Beauty, fearless and resolute. Let us be guided by the light of reason and emboldened by the strength of our convictions. And let us never waver in our dedication to the noble cause for which we fight: the liberation of the mind from the chains of ignorance and the triumph of intellect over ideology.
For we are the Apollonians, and our quest for intellectual autonomy and for the creation of the brilliant and good collective person shall know no bounds.
Dr. Crist, Director of the League of Dialecticians. [with edited and approved contributions from ChatGPT,]—New York, April 8, 2024.
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