Montesquieu: The Elements of Political Liberty
The French revolt paralleling Hume's critique of reason came through Montesquieu (1689-1755). Again a new set of problems was opened that could not be covered by the…
The French revolt paralleling Hume's critique of reason came through Montesquieu (1689-1755). Again a new set of problems was opened that could not be covered by the…
The Politics of Gratitude: Scale, Place & Community in a Global Age. Mark T. Mitchell. Washington D.C.: Potomac Books, 2012. That important elements of the modern…
. . . even in an age of iron, pity is not silenced. —J. M. Coetzee Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said,…
While the new order [the secular settlements following the religious upheavals of the 16th and 17th centuries] appeared roseate in the "Myth of Reason and Nature" to…
The fallacious character of an eidos of history [the belief that the whole course of history can be known–ed] has been shown on principle–but the analysis can…