By harnessing the awesome power of Google, I was able to confirm that Dianetics is actually dedicated to esteemed philosopher and Pulitzer Prize winner Will Durant, whose writings take a very moderate approach to reconciling science and religion. This is a guy who hails Plato and Nietzsche as some of his biggest philosophical influences. So I wonder what would make a science fiction dynamo like L. Ron Hubbard decide to dedicate his entire pseudo-scientific religious platform to a writer/philosopher clearly entrenched more traditional schools of thought?
It looks like Hubbard sees in Durant a kindred spirit.. In an entirely separate diatribe, and in reference to Durant's many critics, Hubbard writes "Selfish scholars seldom forgive anyone who seeks to break down the walls of mystery and let the people in". Shame on you, selfish scholars!
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