Every society, whether primitive or complex, needs a certain intelligence to direct its affairs. Sometimes this guiding intelligence manifests itself in the form of the local wise man and sometimes as a Nobel laureate, but in either case, they carry out the same functions irrespective of the profundity and sophistication. Civilized humans are aware that the greater the intelligence directing a society, the more ably and efficiently a society will fulfil its goals.

Time and again, in the course of the centuries, attempts were made to examine the basic principles of the society in order to establish a new social order on the basis of absolute principles. A good example here is that of the thirteen American colonies which declared themselves free from England. In their Declaration of Independence, the founders of the United States confessed: "We regard the following truths as self-evident; all men are created equal; they are provided with certain inalienable rights by the Creator." These ideas show that at least there was a certain search for and a philosophical questioning towards the establishment of a real basis for man and his society.

However, a philosophical intelligence arising from education and profound reflection had shown itself as irrelevant to the modern world situation. The attempts towards the discovery of irrefutable and absolute truths to which the society should adhere to, was given up in favor of the invention of material objects. The majority of people did not show the least bit of interest in the search for something absolute. The modern trend made them skillfully wise to the thought that there is nothing like absolute ethics which influence human behavior. Even if, on the one hand, all truth has been described as being relative, subjective and flexible (Btw, this is an absolute statement as well ...), on the other hand, the principles of the economic and military systems became unchallenged and absolute guidelines for life.

In those days the people rarely questioned, if at all, the profound ideas which made the basis of their social structure. When the framework of society was questioned and the possibilities of social advancement were doubted, these superficial questions were only thoroughly thought out during times of war or ecological disasters. For example, during an economic crisis, serious discussions about the possible causes and about the best solutions were immediately held. The motive was however never more than the wish to maintain the status quo, and the thirst for knowledge did not extend to the obscure, but was considered as obviously necessary assumptions on which society rests. Instead of an intelligent guiding of society by qualified intelligentsia, military power and economic opportunism determined the course of human development.

As the intellectuals of that time lacked higher principles they fell prey to the allure of money and that of a respectable position. They gave in to the wish for riches and fame and carried out every work that was demanded of them. Although their superior intelligence was capable of doing wonderfully beneficial service, intellectuals of that time were victimized by the economic-military power structure and they sold their knowledge and intelligence to animalistic pursuits.

Nevertheless, it is a unchangeable truth, that society requires an atmosphere ruled not by profit-seeking but by intelligence and sensitivity, and so the best social system is one in which power is subordinate to intelligence. What it needs is an independent intellectual head which prevails over the economic or military power structure...