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The Law is for All
It would be easy to elaborate this theme at great length, but I 
prefer to leave it to be worked out by each reader in the light of 
his own intelligence. But I wish to call the very particular atten­
tion of capitalists and labour leaders to the principles here set 
forth.
I conclude by quoting a chapter from Liber Aleph which bears 
on the subject.
Ag—DE FUNDAMENTIS CIVITATIS 
[39—On the Foundations of the State]
Say not, o my Son, that in this Argument I have set Limits to 
individual Freedom. For each Man in this State which I pur­
pose is fulfilling his own True Will by his eager Acquiescence 
in the Order necessary to the Welfare of all, and therefore of 
himself also. But see thou well to it that thou set high the 
Standard of Satisfaction, and that to every one be a Surplus 
of Leisure and of Energy, so that, his Will of Self-preservation 
being fulfilled by the Performance of his Function in the 
State, he may devote the Remainder of his Powers to the 
Satisfaction of the other Parts of his Will. And because the 
People are oft-times unlearned, not understanding Pleasure, 
let them be instructed in the Art of Life: to prepare Food pal­
atable and wholesome, each to his own Taste, to make 
Clothes according to Fancy, with Variety of Individuality, and 
to practice the manifold Crafts of Love. These Things being 
first secured, thou mayst afterward lead them into the Heav­
ens of Poesy and Tale, of Music, Painting, and Sculpture, and 
into the Lore of the Mind itself, with its insatiable Joy of all 
Knowledge. Thence let them soar!
59. Beware therefore! Love all, lest perchance is a King 
concealed! Say you so? Fool! If he be a King, thou canst not 
hurt him.
Commentary: We must abolish the shadows by the Radiant 
Light of the Sun. Real things are only thrown into brighter 
glory by His effulgence. We need have no fear then to throw the 
Christians to the Lions. If there be indeed True Men among them, 
who happen through defect of education to know no better, they 
will reincarnate all right, and no harm done.