tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10098115.post5963475548199972762..comments2023-10-03T19:47:34.084+11:00Comments on Dialectic: Is John Howard an Enlightened Man?Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13986439579966977930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10098115.post-46936894270913762352007-06-29T13:33:00.000+10:002007-06-29T13:33:00.000+10:00Menzies; Fearless Leader’s hero was also pro-educa...Menzies; Fearless Leader’s hero was also pro-education. Does that mean that there is nothing of Menzies in Howard? <BR/><BR/>Howard relates to Condorcet the same way Blink 182 does to the Clash. It is easy to be precious of Condorcet even though if he were alive today and thinking exactly the way Condorcet did in the 18th century, he would have been riding to glory in Iraq alongside George Bush Captain Kickarsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09761360601256251604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10098115.post-5848390143549524462007-06-28T12:05:00.000+10:002007-06-28T12:05:00.000+10:00Was anyone else inspired to revisist Foucault's di...Was anyone else inspired to revisist Foucault's discussion of Hobbes' 'state of nature' in 'Society Must Be Defended', and ask does the Prime Minister know anything about Hobbes than the sound-bite?MHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09068975650320612418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10098115.post-15532755106760494662007-06-27T11:34:00.000+10:002007-06-27T11:34:00.000+10:00Considering the Marquis de Condorcet's involvement...Considering the Marquis de Condorcet's involvement in the revolution, and his support for public education, I would say I was detecting very little of him in the PM. <BR/><BR/>I'm not sure if it is 'White House' or 'Ivory Tower' (if only it were the latter!). I'm not sure that this question is the most relevant one a thinking citizen could be asking. Timing is everything, and if the situation wasSamuel Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12348284792143801649noreply@blogger.com