The Great Conversation: Wisdom—Part II
The Great Conversation: Wisdom—Part II By Gabriel Blanchard Having discussed wisdom as a synonym for knowledge, we may shift to wisdom as a form of moral goodness. As …
The Great Conversation: Wisdom—Part II By Gabriel Blanchard Having discussed wisdom as a synonym for knowledge, we may shift to wisdom as a form of moral goodness. As …
John Stuart Mill An Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Despite coming late in its history, Mill may have been the single most potent shaper of classical Liberal political …
The Great Conversation: Pleasure & Pain—Part III By Gabriel Blanchard Having considered the surprisingly ascetic philosophy of Epicurus, and the broader implications of the existence of pain, what …
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The Great Conversation: Pleasure & Pain—Part II By Gabriel Blanchard Having discussed Epicurus, whose “hedonism” was not hedonistic, let us turn to the problem of suffering, which does …
The Great Conversation: Pleasure & Pain—Part I By Gabriel Blanchard Superficially simple, pain and pleasure are strangely intricate realities, and have ties to almost every other area of …
Smith: The Soft Science of Hard Cash By Gabriel Blanchard To many people, capitalism is as essentially American as the stars and stripes—but where did it come from? …
Kant: The Evening Star of the Enlightenment By Gabriel Blanchard We find ourselves to be in a modern world; whose fault is it? The traditional and perhaps best …
Student Essay: Hector and Heroism By Eamonn Flynn Achilles is the protagonist of the Iliad, but most readers see Hector as its moral “hero.” Yet is the conventional …
The Great Conversation: Liberty—Part III By Gabriel Blanchard Many figures from history write of a “true freedom” they contrast with mere autonomy: a freedom of will, intellect, and …
The Great Conversation: Liberty—Part I By Gabriel Blanchard Liberty is among the most complex and controversial topics in the Great Conversation—which is saying a lot! One of the …