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Patrick Deneen on the Failure of Liberalism and the Importance of Relational Living

The Sacred

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Machiavelli's Mixed Constitution

The book is premised on the rejection of the classical idea of mixed constitution or mixed government. Machiavelli argues that the form of mixed constitution that is really only achievable that creates a working political order is the kind of mix salad model. The power of the many is utilized to restrain the power of the few. But Aristotelian ends is more the image of the smoothie, says David Frum.

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