“Left” as an echo of the religious
“An enlightened person cannot have a religion,” this, or almost this, opinion now prevails in Europe. At the same time, the decoration and duty of a European are left-wing, that is, “advanced” political views. The prevalence of these views rivals the prevalence of Christianity in former Europe and cannot but disturb the attentive observer: are we really talking about wisely chosen, reasonably grounded opinions arising from an understanding of the essence of things?...