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Hannah Arendt and the Constitution of Freedom
This week I gave a lecture at the University of São Paulo in Brazil that asked, Why Law Alone Can’t Defend Democracy—and why Only Power Can Check Power.03-30-2025
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Carl Von Clausewitz on Principles and Rules
Carl Von Clausewitz discusses the effect that rules and principles have on a thinking man in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.06-09-2015
Amor Mundi 6/7/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we reflect on the Senate's passage of the USA Freedom Act, remember our appreciation for imaginative thinking, and much more.06-07-2015
The Many Origins of Totalitarianism
We appreciate several copies and translations of "The Origins of Totalitarianism" found in the Hannah Arendt Collection in this week's Library feature.06-04-2015
Blaise Pascal: The Thinking Reed That Is Man
French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Blaise Pascal offers up his comments on the nature of man in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.06-02-2015
Hannah Arendt and the Ansermet's Foundations of Music
We appreciate Hannah Arendt's copy of The Foundations of music in human consciousness in this week's Library feature.05-29-2015
C. S. Lewis on Comfort and Truth-Seeking
C. S. Lewis distinguishes man's pursuit of comfort as compared to that of truth in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.05-26-2015
Amor Mundi 5/24/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we reflect on the promise of the Class of 2015, relate Arendt's thoughts on Eichmann to a modern mass murderer, and much more.05-25-2015
Hans Morgenthau and Hannah Arendt
We appreciate Hannah Arendt's collection of the writings of political theorist Hans Morgenthau in this week's Library feature.05-21-2015
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus on Thinking and Action
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus reflects on thinking and action in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.05-20-2015