Enlightenment

Locke’s (somewhat Hobbesian) Second Treatise IFRL-TLC-Scenery-tomasz-frankowski-198764-unsplash

Locke’s (somewhat Hobbesian) Second Treatise

Rufus F. May 1, 2012

[Note: No promises, but this post will likely make more sense if you first read my post...

Hobbes: Notes on Leviathan IFRL-Plague-Distribution

Hobbes: Notes on Leviathan

Rufus F. December 15, 2011

Karl Marx once said that he wouldn’t consider himself to be a “Marxist” and reading Leviathan I don’t find...

Voltaire: Candide (nor Optimism) IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-vangogh.montmartre-mills-and-vegetable-gardens-2

Voltaire: Candide (nor Optimism)

Rufus F. November 4, 2011

As a stand up comedian, Steve Martin had a bit in which he would muse about what...

Breeding and Virtue IFRL-NaPP-Space-outlook-2084761_1920

Breeding and Virtue

Jason Kuznicki August 2, 2010

Austin Bramwell looks back wistfully at Gregory Clark’s A Farewell to Alms, which he suggests has been...

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