One of the persons encountered by Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s peripatetic Little Prince is the King of a tiny asteroid. The King teaches Little Prince that “Accepted authority rests first on reason. If you ordered your people to go and throw themselves into the sea, they would rise up in revolution.” The King claims that he has the right to require obedience because his orders are reasonable. Read the book here From whom will the King demand obedience, however? Little Prince had noticed that the only inhabitant of the asteroid was the King. He asks the King, “Over what do you rule?” “Over everything,” the King answers promptly and makes a majestic gesture which sweeps everything including the stars and the planets. “And the stars obey you?” Little Prince is dismayed. “Certainly they do,” tells the King. “They do instantly and I do not permit insubordination.” Little Prince makes a request. He being very fond of sunsets would like to see one
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