In this paper I argue that master-narratives, that is to say the great ideological and religious systems in the modern world, are essentially despotic. These systems are, in some cases, barriers to the prosperity of the individual; they impede the human progress and impoverish the soul and the mind. The dominant cultural and political discourses in the modern world produce a miserable version of human identity; they create an identity which is too close to fanaticism and xenophobia, and too far from aesthetics and creativity. To resolve this ontological impasse, the author of this paper suggests a return to creative philosophical-thinking whose aim is to give rise to an identity of creativity, open-mindedness, and beauty.
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