Uncancelled History

EP. 09 The Enlightenment

Jan 17, 2023

57:26

Episode guests

Douglas Murray

Highlights

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Episode notes

The Enlightenment and Hume

02:38

Adam Smith - Is That Too Simplistic a Way of Looking at It?

02:36

What Is the Enlightenment?

03:56

Introduction

5min

What Is the Enlightenment?

4min

The Enlightenment and Hume

3min

Hume's Idea of a Society of Virtues

2min

Hume and the Enlightenment

2min

The Relationship Between Church and State

3min

Adam Smith's Solution to the Same Problem

2min

Hume's Footnote on Race

4min

The Enlightenment Philosophers Are Working in an Age in Which the Slave Trade Is Going On

5min

10.

Adam Smith - Is That Too Simplistic a Way of Looking at It?

3min

11.

What Smith Meant by the Enlightenment Is That the Global Economy Is a Fixed Pie of Values

5min

12.

The Enlightenment and Locke

5min

13.

Locke and the Enlightenment

4min

14.

The Backlash Against the Enlightenment

5min

15.

Is the Critique of the Enlightenment an Attack on Reason?

3min

16.

The Enlightenment Is the Only Foundation for Western Imperialism

2min

17.

The Enlightenment and Montesquieu

3min

Henry Clark and Douglas Murray delve into the depths of the Enlightenment era, exploring the ideas of renowned philosophers from Hume and Montesquieu. Should the age of enlightenment stay cancelled?

Uncancelled History re-evaluates events, people, and ideas that have otherwise been cancelled from the past. Learn more at www.uncancelledhistory.com

Douglas Murray is a British author and political commentator, who — along with his guests — looks at great figures of the past through their historical context.

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