Tag: democracy in america
Most social scientists can’t predict the future. But this philosopher did.
July 20, 2017 | Post
How a “nasty little man” predicted the 2nd French Revolution and the Cold War.
Happy birthday to René Descartes, father of methodological skepticism
March 31, 2017 | Post
Once he entered the intellectual fray, things would never be the same.
Resist the pressure to conform: Tocqueville’s warning
November 16, 2016 | Post
Is tyranny of the majority still a threat? Alexis de Tocqueville would say so.