Mill: An Author Profile
MillAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Despite coming late in its history, Mill may have been the single most potent shaper of classical Liberal political theory. ❧ Full […]
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The Great Conversation: Pleasure & Pain—Part III
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 is
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The Great Conversation: Education—Part I
The Great Conversation: Education—Part I By Gabriel Blanchard We shall doubtless get to the last in due time, but what, in the first place, is education for? On
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The Great Conversation: Government
The Great Conversation: Government By Gabriel Blanchard It began to be said several years ago that “strange women lying in ponds distributing swords” were becoming a more appealing
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Tocqueville: An Author Profile
TocquevilleAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard The legacy of the American and French Revolutions is a complicated one, and nowhere exhibits its complexity more than in the writings
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The Great Conversation: Authority—Part VI
The Great Conversation: Authority—Part VI By Gabriel Blanchard We have discussed autonomy and the authority spheres of the temple, the forum, and the academy; one more remains. This
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The Great Conversation: Authority—Part IV
The Great Conversation: Authority—Part IV By Gabriel Blanchard Having discussed power in the spheres of religion and the individual conscience, we now come to the public sphere of
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The Great Conversation: Authority—Part III
The Great Conversation:Authority—Part III By Gabriel Blanchard “We hold these truths to be self-evident”; but are they? Go here for Part I (religion), or here for Part II
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The Great Conversation: Authority—Part I
The Great Conversation:Authority—Part I By Gabriel Blanchard The question of authority impinges on practically every other field of inquiry that exists or can exist. Though curiously omitted from
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Montesquieu: An Author Profile
MontesquieuAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard We have a general notion of the debt our government structure owes to the British, the Romans, even possibly the Iroquois; but
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