Ep. 318: Friedrich Schiller on the Civilizing Potential of Art (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The State of Nature and Contract Theory
There's a nice one here, which kind of harkens back to where we started. When a mechanic has the works of a clock to repair, he lets the wheels run down. But the living clockwork of the state must be repaired while it is in motion. And here it is a case of changing the wheels as they revolve. We must therefore search for some support for the continuation of society to make it independent of the actual state, which we want to abolish.
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