Tag: Thomas Hobbes
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The English Revolution and the Genesis of Modernity
by E. John Winner ____ This is first of two essays, concerning the events of the English Revolution of the 17th century. Why should these events concern an audience primarily interested in philosophy and philosophy’s concrete relations with contemporary culture and politics? The immediate answer to this is quite easily pronounced in two names: Hobbes […]
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Hedonism
by Daniel A. Kaufman ___ Civilization has…no need of nobility or heroism. These things are symptoms of political inefficiency. In a properly organized society like ours, nobody has any opportunities for being noble or heroic. People are happy; they get what they want, and they never want what they can’t get. —Mustapha Mond (1) 1. […]
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Classical Liberalism (Part One)
by Daniel A. Kaufman The first of two conversations with our own David Ottlinger on Classical Liberalism and American Society. Here, we go into some depth on what Classical Liberalism is and how it is expressed in the work of its two most foundational thinkers: John Locke and John Stuart Mill. In our second conversation, […]