Natural Right and Political Right: Essays in Honor of Harry V. JaffaThomas B. Silver, Peter W. Schramm |
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... question , of course , turns , at least in part , on whether there are standards independent of and superior to the promptings of plea- sure and pain . Reason can only justly claim to rule the passions if there is a nature of things ...
... question , of course , turns , at least in part , on whether there are standards independent of and superior to the promptings of plea- sure and pain . Reason can only justly claim to rule the passions if there is a nature of things ...
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... question " why " in- cludes the questions " what " ( matter and form ) , " how " ( efficiency ) , and " what for ... question raised by a philosophical biology or psychology — the question " why life ? ” - becomes a question of the what ...
... question " why " in- cludes the questions " what " ( matter and form ) , " how " ( efficiency ) , and " what for ... question raised by a philosophical biology or psychology — the question " why life ? ” - becomes a question of the what ...
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... question on the ground of the individual's natural right of self - gov- ernment . One could say , then , as Burke did , that the constitution's sole authority was that it had existed time out of mind . This was to say that the question ...
... question on the ground of the individual's natural right of self - gov- ernment . One could say , then , as Burke did , that the constitution's sole authority was that it had existed time out of mind . This was to say that the question ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Dante and the Rediscovery of Political Philosophy | 9 |
Jefferson and the Practice of Empire | 27 |
Copyright | |
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