The Straussian Moment
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The Straussian Moment
Meanwhile science as technique was building up in practical men a quite different outlook from any that was to be found among theoretical philosophers. Technique conferred a sense of power: man is now much less at the mercy of his environment than he was in former times. But the power conferred by technique is social, not individual; an average ind
... See moreBertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
Modern politics and economics were built on the foundation of the rational pursuit of self-interest.
Jonathan Sacks • Studies in Spirituality (Covenant & Conversation Book 9)
Decades after the truce, John Locke—whose philosophy influenced the American founding fathers more than any other—wrote about human nature as if it were an “unknowable x.” He knew that disagreements over religion (Jerusalem) and over reason (Athens) were dangerous, so he declared the question of human nature an unfathomable idea that people would n... See more
