Thomas Berry

Republic of Helios Thomas Berry

The Republic of Helios is a book that is both about the terraforming of Mars and the setting up of a new government, an enhanced government, the Republic of Helios. The Republic of Helios is both an adventure in space, an adventure in new ways of behavior and an adventure in politics. In The Republic of Helios Spinozists are attempting to undermine the West. All that has to be accepted is that teleportation devices have been invented and that the words of Spinoza be accepted as showing how Spinozists act. All else follows straightforwardly. The Republic of Helios while being an adventure in politics, via the Constitution of the Republic of Helios, is also an entertainment. As a first step to Mars a station on the Moon at Marius Hills is set up.