It seems that the seeds of relativism, sown a century before, found root in the era immediately following the second world war. In comparison to the totalizing philosophy of Nazism and Communism, relativism must have felt like a breath of fresh air. By now it is clear that relativism leads to the same authoritarianism as its nemeses, and is just as capable of crushing the human spirit.
Keeping the Porch Light on in a Dark World