Inaugural Lecture a Success

Thank you to all who joined us Wednesday afternoon to hear Dr. James Lark give a lecture on the foundational principles of the philosophy of liberty in government. Dr. Lark shaped his speech around three major principles: 1) Individuals command self ownership 2) What is rightfully produced through your labor belongs to you 3) That [...]

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Plato: A Primer

Alright, time for a brief introduction to one of the most influential thinkers of Western Political Thought. Bear with me, I am by no means an expert and all of what I have to say comes from individual learning as opposed to being taught in a formal setting. Teachers and philosophers out there, please offer [...]

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The Review of Metaphysics

I know for myself it’s really difficult to find a good philosophy journal that’s easy to comprehend and doesn’t assume you’re already proficient in whatever subject the article is discussing. Recently, I was looking around for some interesting articles we could take a look at about Aristotle, specifically where Liberty would fit in with his [...]

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The Influence of the Ancients

Keeping in touch with my earlier post on Plato’s virtue and justice and his notion of the Philosopher-King, take a look at this lecture from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute titled “What Hath Athens to do with Wall Street?: How the Ancients Help us to understand the Free Market” In it, Classics and Humanities Professor Bruce [...]

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From ‘The Proper Study of Mankind’

To all those who shun politics or poltical theory as an idle endeavor relegated to the power hungry, I offer the following excerpt from a brilliant essay we’ll be reading titled “Two Concepts of Liberty” by intellectual historian and philosopher Isaiah Berlin.  “Our philosophers seem oddly unaware of these devastating effects of their activities. It [...]

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Something to Read for the Next Meeting Sept 30

UPDATE: Just note, we may likely not get to this next week just because of the other things we need to cover. Plus, I’m thinking we should come up with a set schedule of topics, a syllabus of sorts, so that it’s not just me looking around for interesting articles for discussions. So in keeping [...]

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