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Isocrates, Thucydides, and the Relationship between Rhetoric and Knowledge

Political Theory 101

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Challenges of Naturalism and Empiricism in Morality

Exploring the difficulties faced by naturalists and empiricists in supporting morality, including distinguishing between arbitrary and non-arbitrary moral claims, determining the goodness of nature, and the contradictions that arise from different aspects suggesting different morals, leading to a level of nihilism in democratic societies.

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