From the far reaches of the human mind, come these tales of unrestrained, anti-authoritarianism. No government, no leaders, no authority, no rules, and complete freedom of action Egoism, solipsism, anarchism, and other heresies—now revealed to corrupt your mind "...unabashed rhetorical mudslinging on a high intellectual level..". — Hakim Bey "An appropriately savage attack on the 'natural law' doctrines of certain 'libertarian' pundits". — The Egoist "This is Wilson at his non-fiction best..". — FreFanzine A continuing episode in the critique of natural rights theories started by L.A. Rollins' The Myth of Natural Rights, Wilson lets fly at Murray Rothbard, George Smith, Samuel Konkin and other purveyors of the "claim that some sort of meta-physical entity called a 'right' resides in a human being like a 'ghost' residing in a haunted house". An entertaining, informative and well-thought-out book that should be read by anyone who has ever been attracted to any ideology.
Author
Robert Anton Wilson became, at various times, an American novelist, essayist, philosopher, polymath, psychonaut, futurist, libertarian and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized as an Episkopos, Pope, and Saint of Discordianism by Discordians who care to label him as such, Wilson helped publicize the group/religion/melee through his writings, interviews, and strolls. He described his work as an "attempt to break down conditioned associations, to look at the world in a new way, with many models recognized as models or maps, and no one model elevated to the truth." "My goal is to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone but agnosticism about everything."
