Philosophy and Liberty in a Commercial Age
“Of all these [Gallic tribes], the Belgae are the strongest, because the provinces are farthest removed from culture and civilization, and not least because merchants often come…
“Of all these [Gallic tribes], the Belgae are the strongest, because the provinces are farthest removed from culture and civilization, and not least because merchants often come…
The history of political philosophy is the history of education. Its content, its prospects, its goals—all receive copious attention, from Plato’s Republic to the Scholastics, from Locke…
Populist waves have been a constant in American politics at least since the Jacksonian era of the early nineteenth century, and traces of populist sentiment can be…
Montesquieu's Political Economy. Andrew Scott Bibby. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2016. Part of Palgrave's Recovering Political Philosophy series, Andrew Scott Bibby's Montesquieu's Political Economy presents 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…