Once upon a time I studied political philosophy with someone who was persuaded that politics had not changed in any fundamental way since Plato wrote the Republic. He took the conviction very far. The industrial revolution, the Holocaust, the rise of nuclear weapons: None of it had anything particular to teach us that Plato hadn’t already thought through. Today I disagree with that outlook. But in reading
Liberal morality needs liberal mythology
Liberal morality needs liberal mythology
Liberal morality needs liberal mythology
Once upon a time I studied political philosophy with someone who was persuaded that politics had not changed in any fundamental way since Plato wrote the Republic. He took the conviction very far. The industrial revolution, the Holocaust, the rise of nuclear weapons: None of it had anything particular to teach us that Plato hadn’t already thought through. Today I disagree with that outlook. But in reading