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Catherine Barry, Hume Scholar, working on a PhD at Maynooth University on religious toleration in 18th century Ireland.
#EarlyModern, with a broad interest in Irish intellectual thought.
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Should have included the original article.
Especially enjoyed this - did Berkeley get the ball over the line?
'“More precisely, it either crossed the line, or it didn’t cross the line, and that’s good enough for referee Erwin Schrödinger' (surely unbiased despite his time spent in Ireland.)
I'm sure the chimps and elephants wouldn't see themselves as problems though.
Swift can take credit for popularising the central whiggish thesis shared by Locke and classical Republicans, "all Government without the Consent of the Governed, is the very Definition of Slavery".
Same logic Jefferson used, arguing for the American Revolution. #AmRev250
A modest proposal. #Swift #Gulliver300
"Protecting your security, and protecting your democracy, are two sides of the same coin. If you only care about one of the two, you are part of the problem.“ A pleasure to be interviewed on the Battleground podcast by historians Roger Morrhouse &Patrick Bishop.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Gaudì in drones. Wild
#OnThisDay 1845 the Commons rejected Charles Villiers’s proposal to repeal the corn laws. This reform was enacted the following year by Sir Robert Peel as prime minister, splitting the Conservative party into Peelites and Protectionists. api.parliament.uk/historic-han...
"The problem with the Habermas Machine is that the decision to have it optimize for agreement is itself a political act that settles in advance what democracy exists to hold open...rather than engaging with moral disagreement"
#philsky
www.noemamag.com/democracy-ne...
