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the main article seems to make the assumption that democracy is the default setting for all human societies, that only such things as "noble lies" can explain the rule of an elite, whereas Plato's noble lie establishes the rule of a particular elite, the elite according to nature, that of the philosopher-kings. It also does not consider that all societies have such foundational myths, even democracies.


Although arguably not an organisation based on the noble lie, many of their members are believed to be from various church groups that no longer believe, but continue to espouse the beliefs as a form of what they believe to be positive social control and continue to hold positions in many religious organizations.

Is "believe" transitive or intransitive in this sentence? If it is transitive (that is, if "the beliefs" is its object") then a closing parenthetic comma is needed after "espouse" for clarity. Alternatively, dashes or parentheses could be used around "but continue to espouse". — 217.46.147.13 (talk) 11:36, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bot report : Found duplicate references !

In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :)

  • "reason" :
    • Brian Doherty, [http://www.reason.com/9707/fe.bailey.shtml "Origin of the Specious: Why Do Neoconservatives Doubt Darwin?"], ''[[Reason Online]]'', July 1997, accessed [[February 16]], [[2007]].
    • [http://www.reason.com/news/show/30329.html Origin of the Specious, Reason Magazine (July 1997)]

DumZiBoT (talk) 14:15, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Great article!

This article, though short, is very high quality. I just want to share my appreciation with its editors. Thanks! —Jemmytc 23:52, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV violation to say the least. 128.205.48.211 (talk) 23:58, 28 October 2008 (UTC)SAB[reply]

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