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Why Did Heidegger Emerge as the Central Philosopher of the Far Right?
Julian Göpffarthopendemocracy.netThe Straussian Moment
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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
Johnathan Bix.comTrends – Artificial Intelligence (AI) – May 2025 – BOND
The document analyzes rapid growth and transformative trends in artificial intelligence, highlighting unprecedented user adoption, technological advances, global competition, enterprise AI integration, and associated benefits and risks shaping the future.
bondcap.comWe were to read Thomas Hobbes in the first seminar I attended. Strauss began without further ado to say that we would read only the first two parts of the Leviathan, that this was "disgraceful" but that we would have our hands full doing justice to even that much. After that, he turned unceremoniously to some introductory remarks.
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Death with Shelly Kagan
youtube.comWhen we talk about justice today, we almost always find ourselves talking about rights we believe are entrenched in nature and have been enshrined in our founding documents. This language reflects a liberal conception of human action and interaction, casting us as rational agents who reach agreements with one another through calculation and negotia
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