... analogous to the contract linking Michelet's history to " ;the People"—who, however, never speak in it—6 ought to allow the theory to be universalized and to be based on the reality ... competence is transmuted into social authority; in the Philosopher, ordinary ((iv)) UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley and Los Angeles, California UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, LTD. London, ... reality of history. It provides the theory with a secure place.It is true that the ordinary man is accused of yielding—thanks to the God of religion to the illusion of being able to "solve all...