Excellent summation. I studied the above-mentioned political philosophers as a very callow undergraduate, and frankly, had a hard time understanding them through their incredibly dense prose. It has taken me years, with multiple revisits, to finally grasp their brilliance, as well as their place in the Enlightenment constellation, all of which informed men like Jefferson and his peers. It's been further study via an ancient fraternity's devotion to such studies that finally, in my near-dotage, that I begin to see the complex weave our Founders gifted us.
Well stated, sir. One of the important, perhaps the most important, element of the Declaration of Independence and our Bill of Rights is that our rights are stated as natural rights belonging to all human beings, not something granted to us by a temporarily benevolent government.
Fantastic sharing, Kelly. Your colleague did a masterful job of collecting highly relevant and historically significant background thoughts that most of us never consider as the basis of our foundational documents.
Excellent summation. I studied the above-mentioned political philosophers as a very callow undergraduate, and frankly, had a hard time understanding them through their incredibly dense prose. It has taken me years, with multiple revisits, to finally grasp their brilliance, as well as their place in the Enlightenment constellation, all of which informed men like Jefferson and his peers. It's been further study via an ancient fraternity's devotion to such studies that finally, in my near-dotage, that I begin to see the complex weave our Founders gifted us.
Thank you for this delightful summation.
This is absolutely terrific. I'll be crossposting it for my blog tomorrow (7/4) if you don't mind.
Certainly!
Thank you for posting this. Too often the fireworks are far more in evidence than are the centuries of thought that went into these documents.
Well stated, sir. One of the important, perhaps the most important, element of the Declaration of Independence and our Bill of Rights is that our rights are stated as natural rights belonging to all human beings, not something granted to us by a temporarily benevolent government.
Thanks for the introduction to this great professor. I wish I'd had him in college. An excellent piece.
Fantastic sharing, Kelly. Your colleague did a masterful job of collecting highly relevant and historically significant background thoughts that most of us never consider as the basis of our foundational documents.
Superbly well done!