... speaking about dangers. ... what will happen, that is to say, you believe that those who believe that democracy in Iraq will lead to democracies elsewhere...
... Sorensen<thumoeides@v...> ... reaction ... Not at all. I just want to know what you are hinting at. If I give suggestions it is only in the hope you will...
... Sorensen<thumoeides@v...> ... I'll add it to the list of reasons you have named previously? ... ...and by the Bush regime. One of the biggest objections to...
The Tel Aviv Seminar in Political Philosophy presents Dr. Steven Lenzner (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Leo Strauss and the Art of Writing (in English) ...
Dear Andrew Just a couple of brief comments... [snip] ... Would you explain how they are connected? ... I wouldn't say tradition is an ideal or an end. Would...
... connection ... I suppose I'll throw out something and see what people say. (We have discussed this before on the list.) The connection is a giving up on ...
... You say a mere possibility, but then you don't believe in it, for the domino theory is that it is a likelihood. I think every thing in war is very very...
... I think this is the same issue raised by the contentious exchange between Ray Valle and me. As I suggested to him, I think it is also the same issue raised...
... But ... I ... on ... future ... the ... How ... what ... up. ... to ... the ... is ... be ... be ... narrowing ... utopian. ... which is ... The...
Thank you, Mr Sorensen, for mentioning this. I'm about half a dozen posts behind at the moment, but after I typed my response to Andrew I saw yours to Ray...
Dear Andrew [snipped variously] ... Good, because I've got some catching up to do... ... Are "rationally" and "scientifically" the same in this context? ... ...
Dear Andrew, Oh no, not tongue in cheek, or ironic, at all. I was stating what I believe you feel. By "matters" I meant the learned dispute you are having with...
... Look, if you want to make a specific argument as to what clear argument should have been made, or can now be made, about the purposes of the war, I am all...
Steve Sorensen writes: [snip] ... Socrates is free; there is no city or any regime that is free unless under the rule of the philosopher king. The ancient view...
... Yes. ... there ... cases ... giving ... man? So first ... first get ... I am not sure what your point is here. ... going, ... works ... Sure, low and...
Dear Gary The hubris and the dismissal of murk, is indeed one of my concerns, and I think I keep saying it. Sure, if people agreed with that, they would have...
... type ... argument should have been made, or can now be made, about the purposes of the war, I am all ears. But so far we have just a general alarm about...
... Yes. Example: Pericles wanted war with Sparta. Cato wanted war with Carthage. Hitler wanted war with Europe. Etc. Now, just as with you, all never means...
... be ... Of ... to ... Herodotus' ... to ... mean ... non- ... identified as ... for ... interpret ... seriously. ... empire? ... moral ... one ... the ... ...
Dear Mr. Waters, --I'd be curious to know what you think of a few posts on Burke I wrote some time ago. If you have a chance, I'd be grateful for your input. ...
... This text in NRH I have long regarded as a very clever joke even though one might fairly find in Burke a turn to history and tradition and away from ideas...
... city by ... men may ... freedom. ... freedom ... conflict ... would seem ... would ... both. The ... philosophy is the ... political ... city stands ... ...
... quo ... children ... choice, ... presented ... Yes, the American Left is also into the "wasn't presented" riff. Disingenuousness is the order of the day...
Empuros is the a Greek word meaning hot, fire, or feverish (or at least in its derivative forms). It is, I believe the term used by Plato (or Socrates) to...
Dear Timothy, The English word empire is derived from the Latin "imperium", meaning a zone which is subject to command. They are linguistically related to ...
Dheeragjchand writes; ... It is very interesting that the word for empire comes only after the Romans. Before, the notion of empire as used in ancient Egypt,...
Mr. Pehme, Does it follow from your views on the city that you consider those young men and women who fight, are wounded, and die in defense of our nation to...
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