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Of Voting in 2024 (Part III of III): A System Which Feeds on Those it Pretends—by Pretense—to Protect.

Of Voting in 2024 (Part III of III): A System Which Feeds on Those it Pretends—by Pretense—to Protect.

Of Voting in 2024 (Part III of III): A System Which Feeds on Those it Pretends—by Pretense—to Protect.

Nov 5, 202424 min read

Of Voting in 2024 (Part II of III): On Positive Democracy (and the American People's Hatred of Aristocratic Ideals)

Of Voting in 2024 (Part II of III): On Positive Democracy (and the American People's Hatred of Aristocratic Ideals)

Of Voting in 2024 (Part II of III): On Positive Democracy (and the American People's Hatred of Aristocratic Ideals)

Nov 5, 202417 min read

Of Voting (Part I of III): On Voting One's Perceived Self-Interest

Of Voting (Part I of III): On Voting One's Perceived Self-Interest

Of Voting (Part I of III): On Voting One's Perceived Self-Interest

Oct 29, 202415 min read

Against the Florida-fication of the World

Against the Florida-fication of the World

Against the Florida-fication of the World

Aug 24, 202418 min read

The Synergy of Providence and Human Agency, (in Giambattista Vico’s New Science)

The Synergy of Providence and Human Agency, (in Giambattista Vico’s New Science)

The Synergy of Providence and Human Agency, (in Giambattista Vico’s New Science)

Mar 19, 20227 min read

The End of Liberal Education: Why Genuine Education is a Process of Re-Orientation of the Soul

The End of Liberal Education: Why Genuine Education is a Process of Re-Orientation of the Soul

The End of Liberal Education: Why Genuine Education is a Process of Re-Orientation of the Soul

Oct 31, 202118 min read

Prometheus Unbound: Mary Shelley’s Admonishment About Scientism (originally published 12/12/2019)

Prometheus Unbound: Mary Shelley’s Admonishment About Scientism (originally published 12/12/2019)

Prometheus Unbound: Mary Shelley’s Admonishment About Scientism (originally published 12/12/2019)

Jun 11, 20219 min read

Adam Smith's Timeless Critique of the Mercantilist Impulse (originally published 7/1/2020)

Adam Smith's Timeless Critique of the Mercantilist Impulse (originally published 7/1/2020)

Adam Smith's Timeless Critique of the Mercantilist Impulse (originally published 7/1/2020)

Jun 10, 202111 min read

The Historical Case Against Censorship: Why free speech matters.

The Historical Case Against Censorship: Why free speech matters.

The Historical Case Against Censorship: Why free speech matters.

Jan 9, 202114 min read

Reading The Origins Of Totalitarianism in 2020: Mass Society (Part 2 of 7)

Reading The Origins Of Totalitarianism in 2020: Mass Society (Part 2 of 7)

Reading The Origins Of Totalitarianism in 2020: Mass Society (Part 2 of 7)

Dec 20, 20208 min read

The Long Defeat

The Long Defeat

The Long Defeat

Dec 11, 20207 min read

Virtue as the Masking of Vice: How to Live and Die According to Montaigne

Virtue as the Masking of Vice: How to Live and Die According to Montaigne

Virtue as the Masking of Vice: How to Live and Die According to Montaigne

Nov 16, 202015 min read

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