American is built on ideas. It is a country rooted in political philosophy. Miss political philosophy, you miss “getting” American government.
While expanding economic inequality may appear to some to be a current phenomenon, its causes and effects have been a focus of concerned thought for millennia. Aristotle and John Locke give considerable attention to it in their writings.
Aristotle and Locke: Can Economic Inequality be Just? Read More »
With the conclusion of the semester last week and the finishing of my research paper, my first class in PhD studies is at an end. I loved every bit of it. The opportunity to walk into a room, sit down and dig into a two and a half hour conversation on political philosophy with an
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Editor Peter Laslett does a superb job of maintaining the original voice and tone of Locke’s classic work, but still recognizes that the English language has changed in significant ways since the days of Locke and footnotes accordingly in addition to providing the reader with an excellent overview of Locke’s biography and context.
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We’re a couple weeks into Locke’s Second Treatise of Government and after reading through it, listening to lectures, and discussing it, I’m convinced that the first time I read Locke I did not fully comprehend his argument. I’ve often known Locke to be called the basis of American thought, and many conservatives will cite Locke
Rereading John Locke. It’s Different the Second Time Read More »
I would be remiss to move on in my writings here were I not to first take time to review the book that has started me off on my PhD journey: Carnes Lord’s translation of Aristotle’s Politics. I was first introduced to the seminal work in my discipline in the fall of Junior year as
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