... The ancestral of the founders is not consent, but the Crown of England which they overthrew. In effect, they denied the legitimacy that afforded them,...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@...
Dec 1, 1999 11:15 am
... No, not at all, as in any legitimacy the US could have it would be a recognition of the heterogeneity of beings and people, something that is at issue in...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@...
Dec 1, 1999 11:23 am
... That is true however, the members of the Mutakallimum are united in the basic view that opposes classical philosophy. The god of the Mutakallimum has no...
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Scot Zentner
zentner@...
Dec 1, 1999 11:48 am
Mr. Sorenson, I enjoyed your reply on the question of your interlocutor's sense of guilt. You are correct to note that the conditions that we are in today do...
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David Wilfinger
DJW@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 12:39 pm
Dear Mr. Pehme, To put a finer point on the matter the Ash'arites are the atomists (Pines wrote his dissertation on this) and the Mu'tazilites aren't. It...
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Steve Sorensen
ssorens@xxxx.xxxxxxx....
Dec 1, 1999 2:50 pm
... In a previous post you said: ... So you say that legitimacy in the US will not prevent the universal homogenous state, but that not considering legitimacy...
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Steve Sorensen
ssorens@xxxx.xxxxxxx....
Dec 1, 1999 3:09 pm
... My response to Mr. Simopoulos, as I am sure you noticed, was simply that the "revolutionary document" referred to requires consent for government to be...
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Steve Sorensen
ssorens@xxxx.xxxxxxx....
Dec 1, 1999 3:11 pm
... Perhaps this is true, but you are not addressing the question I asked. You are arguing that when large numbers of people vote they pay no attention to...
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Yaakov Abrahamson
yaakov@xxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 3:45 pm
Shalom Steve Yes, that is clear. Anastaplo took the stance that the Declaration of Independence empowered all citizens with a right to revolution, and he did ...
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John W. Grant
jgrant@xxxx.xxxxxxx.x...
Dec 1, 1999 3:45 pm
Our Constitution, that of a free people, is legitimated by the just consent of the governed. The "just" in the "just consent" (the will of the majority must...
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John W. Grant
jgrant@xxxx.xxxxxxx.x...
Dec 1, 1999 3:46 pm
Can you demonstrate truths that are"self-evident?" Isn't that why they are called self-evident? Can you demonstrate that the Queen of England rules by divine...
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Scott Alexander
alexander@xxxxxxxxxxx...
Dec 1, 1999 4:55 pm
They would disagree that it is about political power, however we might want to characterize them, and in such an instance, I would pay more attention to what...
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Scott Alexander
alexander@xxxxxxxxxxx...
Dec 1, 1999 5:02 pm
... Picking up on Kalev's last point in an excellent post, the "deductive" exposition of the law cannot be a creative exposition because this legal vision has...
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Scott Alexander
alexander@xxxxxxxxxxx...
Dec 1, 1999 5:04 pm
Al-Ghazali was by no means the first to do this in the Muslim world, though the greatest. ... Yours very truly, Scott Alexander...
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Scott Alexander
alexander@xxxxxxxxxxx...
Dec 1, 1999 5:07 pm
There is certainly an established authority - One for the Shia and one for the Ashari. There is, I admit constant jousting to set up alternative centers,...
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David Wilfinger
DJW@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 5:14 pm
Dear Mr. Alexander, "-clearly a different picture from Judaism, where you only have to worry about the oddball fanatics" Like the rabbis of Paris, Donin and...
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Clifford Angell Bates...
batesc@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 5:46 pm
Due to a typo.. sent this to onelise.com.. These old keyboards and odd configurations only make worse my bad spelling... ==== From:...
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Clifford Angell Bates...
batesc@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 5:47 pm
Due to a typo.. sent this to onelise.com.. These old keyboards and odd configurations only make worse my bad spelling... ==== From:...
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David Wilfinger
DJW@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 5:49 pm
Dear Mr. Alexander, To a certain extent you are correct but let me cite a quick passage from Ibn Al-Athir In the year [935 CE ] the Hanbalis became active and...
4151
David Wilfinger
DJW@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 5:54 pm
Dear Mr. Alexander, Sorry I snipped out the part where al-Athir describes the Hanbali dragging men to the police, accusing them of immorality and generally ...
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Dan Watkins
dwatkins@xxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 6:10 pm
... It seems to me that what we mean by "nature" is a realm of objective being that is somehow self-subsistent, permanent, reliable, whole and apart from...
4153
JCWENGER@xxx.xxx
Dec 1, 1999 6:16 pm
In a message dated 11/22/99 1:53:56 PM, ssorens@... writes, in part: <<Aristotle argues that while the passions are not themselves rational, they...
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Michael Mills
mills@xxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 7:22 pm
... Let's stop there. It may well be, as you argue in the rest of your post, that if a person believes ... (1) there is such a thing as "Nature" the way you...
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Andrew Lancaster
100761.200@xxxxxxxxxx...
Dec 1, 1999 8:10 pm
Well, I doubt that many citizens of the commonwealth think the way you claim to do, but you are making an ironic point. I just want to point out that (please...
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Andrew Lancaster
100761.200@xxxxxxxxxx...
Dec 1, 1999 8:14 pm
Message text written by kosta simopoulos ... bill trying to get God removed from the Constitution. He was quickly told to shut up, because, of course, the...
4157
Andrew Lancaster
100761.200@xxxxxxxxxx...
Dec 1, 1999 8:18 pm
Dear Mr Grant, I don't know the queen, but I would think her opinion less important these days than those who decide what she represents. You should have...
4158
Andrew Lancaster
100761.200@xxxxxxxxxx...
Dec 1, 1999 8:29 pm
Message text written by john grant ... Constitutionalism will mean the end of England eventually-as the English constitution, being changeable by mere law,...
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Dan Watkins
dwatkins@xxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 8:56 pm
... I think that your analysis is correct. I don't say that nature *is* objective and self-subsistent, only that it appears to be - it is reassuringly...
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John W. Grant
jgrant@xxxx.xxxxxxx.x...
Dec 2, 1999 5:07 am
The defect of the English constitution is that a mere act of Parliament can make Great Britain subordinate to, say, the International Criminal Court or other...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Dec 2, 1999 6:14 am
... Well, yes, but with many qualifications. The issue of the Kalam is complicated by the many individuals who are involved. However, Maimonides makes clear...
