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我们知道，中国从秦以后就是一个大一统的国家，这样的国家幅员辽阔、民族复杂、风俗各异，治理这么复杂的国家，要想长治久安，在政治上，实行一种既有适当的中央集权，又能放手让臣下让地方自我管理的政治机制，可能 是最为合理的方式，而这背后就有老子理论的支撑，那就是以本制末，以一统万。
如果说老子的学说为中国古代中央集权体制提供了方便法门，这是不全面的。其实老子思想里面，还有今天看来民本主义、民主主义的浓厚色彩。除了“道物二分”，老子思想里面还有一条主线，那就是从“无为”到“自然”。前... See more
Harvey Mansfield at 93 did a 3-hour interview with no break, sharp as ever.
Here is the final product, a masterclass on Machiavelli: the Anti-Christ.
According to Mansfield, Machiavelli is the very founder of modernity, responsible for establishing the very world you and I live in. He is the... See more
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John W. Gardner's Address at Stanford's 100th Commencement Ceremony
John W. Gardnergardnercenter.stanford.edu
... See moreThe aspect of Scott Buchanan’s life to which this memoir relates began, for me at least, with a college lecture he gave in October of 1944.
The lecture was a flight of high speculative fancy in which he tried to imagine the features of a Republic of Learning joined with a political republic.
If man is a political animal, his virtues compromised and
.@arkroeber's book on China's Economy is indeed really good!
I also recommend China's Political System by Sebastian Heilmann.
And China's World View by David Daokui Li (he's an advisor to CCP leaders and knows his limits, but it's reasonably honest given... See more
However, since the global financial crisis of 2008 people all over the world have become increasingly disillusioned with the liberal story. Walls and firewalls are back in vogue. Resistance to immigration and to trade agreements is mounting. Ostensibly democratic governments undermine the independence of the judiciary system, restrict the freedom
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