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Wikipedia Wednesday: Texas secession movements

Posted on January 24, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

See here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_secession_movements Bonus link: Can Texas secede from the United States? Bonus “Texit” meme, via DeviantArt:

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Rousseau through the eyes of Adam Smith redux

Posted on January 23, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Note: this is part 6 of my review of Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (1754) In my previous post (“Rousseau through the eyes of Adam Smith“), I mentioned how Adam Smith’s 1756 Letter-Essay to the Edinburgh Review singles … Continue reading →

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Rousseau through the eyes of Adam Smith

Posted on January 23, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Note: this is part 5 of my review of Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (1754) Thus far, we have surveyed the first of two parts of Rousseau’s Discourse on Inequality (a/k/a “the Second Discourse”), where Rousseau paints a … Continue reading →

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Rousseau’s rebuttal

Posted on January 22, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Note: this is part 4 of my review of Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (1754) Today, I will survey the first part of Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (a/k/a “the Second Discourse”), which by my count … Continue reading →

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Sunday song: *Comfortable*

Posted on January 21, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol
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Star Trek maps (circa 1980)

Posted on January 20, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

More details are available here, via Wikipedia.

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Rousseau: the first post-modernist?

Posted on January 19, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Note: this is part 3 of my review of Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (1754) Thus far, we have surveyed Rousseau’s “Dedication to the Republic of Geneva” as well as the preface to his Discourse on Inequality, so … Continue reading →

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Rousseau’s axioms

Posted on January 19, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Note: below is part 2 of my review of Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (1754) The preface to Rousseau’s Discourse on Inequality consists of only 15 paragraphs, but it was music to my law professor ears, for it … Continue reading →

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Three questions for Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Posted on January 18, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Note: this is part 1 of my review of Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (1754) Rousseau’s Discourse begins with a “Dedication to the Republic of Geneva” signed by none other than “J. J. Rousseau” himself and dated 12 … Continue reading →

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Outline and schedule of my upcoming review of Rousseau’s Second Discourse

Posted on January 18, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

What is liberty? What is the relation between liberty, luxury, and “commercial society” more generally? And in what ways does commerce and the pursuit of luxury promote or hinder liberty? Among other things, I recently read Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Discourse on … Continue reading →

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