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A common error is to look for the source of all evil in a new, secular Fall of man caused by some intellectual innovation; the decisive role of intellect in action is over-valued. A form of this theory is the 'totalitarian democracy' found in the writings of J. L. Talmon, & its danger lies in its possible reinforcement of the Western tendency to idolize its present & transient relations & institutions. This is equally in error with the Communist contempt for the present. Society is patient, not agent, to Talmon & this is the intellectualist error; more intellectual traditions are at work than Talmon allows, & we owe a greater debt to reformers & utopians than he admits. Though we must be aware of 'terrible simplifiers', we must also beware of simplifications by our interpreters. We should resume the habit of pol'al thought, balancing possible errors against the fate that befalls those who refuse to think. IPSA.

Forward [sic] by R. de Jaegher.--Democracy and spiritual reconstruction, by Chang Chi-yun.--Natural law and democracy in Chinese philosophy, by J. C. H. Wu.--The role of Confucianism in the democratization of China, by Y. Y. Pan.--What is necessary to make democracy work in Japan? by Kotaro Tanaka.--The future of democracy in Korea, by B. C. Limb.--Democratic development in Vietnam, by Ngo Dinh Diem.