This often misinterpreted or inadequately interpreted law is highly relevant today and with time it will be increasingly so, also as a leadership principle.

This law reflects truths and as such it didn’t need to be articulated for a long time. Legend has it that Plato was the first thinker in the West who considered the conditions to be such that fundamental truths were no longer evident for most. Long before his time the elite made up the majority. After a particular point in time the elite, representing the original state (normality) was in minority and had to assume roles that contributed to the maintenance of an organic hierarchy.

This law stands in polar opposition to the absurd notion of democratic leadership and similar terms promoting undifferentiation. It differentiates between high and low, between favorable and rejectable; it enables differentiation as the foundation of wisdom.

One last note: this law stems from a solipsistic world view that called forth very different organization and values from those dominant today.

1. Expect everybody to contribute only what they can. Not more! Not less! To do this you must know those around you. Knowing is being; see the qualities you potentially have in an actual state in those above you; see traits you have transcended or those you don’t exhibit in those below you; this awareness is the foundation of respect that is void of sentimentalism and that favors a natural and necessary distance.

2. Give what you can; specifically what you can and everything you can. For this you must develop your potentials; your potentials only; don’t dream about being somebody else because such daydreams prevent you from being present and from separating reality from illusion. Don’t be concerned about others’ views, opinions and reactions; this prevents you from giving all you can. Contribute objectively without regard to and fear of consequences. This is the only position that enables you to do the right thing.

3. Give everybody what’s appropriate for them. Differentiate! Providing less or providing more creates tension that is processed by conflict. Lack of differentiation results in leveling down: if you try to treat everybody the same way you end up treating everybody the worst way.

Loyalty is possible only towards the actually superior, Pistis (fides, faith) is not trust but certainty, which is not possible without intelligence in a supra rational, supra individual sense.

The elite is not concerned with talents; talent is a tool that should be discarded once a higher objective is accomplished and as such it does not deserve respect. Not all geniuses exhibit talent and definitely not all talented people are geniuses. Differentiate instead based on orientation.

Those whose orientation is “up”, meaning that they

- don’t organize their life based exclusively on necessity, circumstance and senseless compromise and

- maintain a high level of control over anything that is automatic and impulsive and stems from “outside” including such recent “values” as passion, excitement, comfort, etc.

- stand for and represent principles

deserve your attention and respect.

Show appropriate appreciation for the talent of those who are not oriented upwards but don’t get blind sighted by talent, no matter how remarkable they may seem or by quantitative success that is precisely the result of downward orientation and an uncontrolled, senseless drive.