From diagnosis to design: understanding power's eternal problem. In this second part of our Montesquieu series, we explore the fundamental challenge that every government in history has faced, and most have failed to solve. Montesquieu observed that power, by its very nature, seeks to expand. It corrupts not because people are evil, but because authority naturally attempts to extend its reach as far as it will go. This was Montesquieu's revolutionary insight: "It is an eternal experience tha...
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From diagnosis to design: understanding power's eternal problem. In this second part of our Montesquieu series, we explore the fundamental challenge that every government in history has faced, and most have failed to solve. Montesquieu observed that power, by its very nature, seeks to expand. It corrupts not because people are evil, but because authority naturally attempts to extend its reach as far as it will go. This was Montesquieu's revolutionary insight: "It is an eternal experience tha...
Rousseau’s Revolutionary Legacy: The Philosopher Who Inspired Freedom & Terror Ep.4 Part 5 Finale
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Rousseau’s Revolutionary Legacy: The Philosopher Who Inspired Freedom & Terror Ep.4 Part 5 Finale
In the final part of our Jean-Jacques Rousseau Series, we explore the extraordinary legacy of a philosopher whose ideas reshaped the modern world, and split it in two. Rousseau’s writings did not remain in books. They ignited revolutions and shattered political traditions that had lasted for centuries. His radical claims, that the people are sovereign, that authority must be rooted in the General Will, and that freedom requires more than simply electing rulers, became the foundation of mode...
Timeless Thinkers
From diagnosis to design: understanding power's eternal problem. In this second part of our Montesquieu series, we explore the fundamental challenge that every government in history has faced, and most have failed to solve. Montesquieu observed that power, by its very nature, seeks to expand. It corrupts not because people are evil, but because authority naturally attempts to extend its reach as far as it will go. This was Montesquieu's revolutionary insight: "It is an eternal experience tha...
