Frederick II, (1712 – 1786) was King of Prussia. Called “The Great” and “Old Fritz,” he was a powerful prince who sponsored the growth of arts and sciences across the entire spectrum of learning. As a military leader and statesman, he was among the greats and doubtless the people of Lithuania and Poland had less […]
The American Revolutionary War began on April 19, 1775 when British soldiers fired on Massachusetts militia who refused to surrender their arms after being ordered to do so. In the immediate engagement at Lexington and Concord, casualties numbered about 90 colonists and 300 red coats. Both sides comprised British citizens, and so this marked the […]
The 18th Century French Enlightenment represented a considerable range of ideas and temperaments. Insofar as the key thinkers, or philosophes, formed a consensus, there were thematic elements around which they gelled and which they vigorously debated among themselves and with their counterparts in other lands, especially in Britain, Benelux and the German speaking lands including […]
Before confronting the ideas of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and other late 17th and early 18th century thinkers and what their ideas might mean today, it would be well to go over a bit of period history. King Henry VIII of England was the Tudor monarch who created the Church of England because the Pope […]
The King James Bible was published in 1611. This represented the single greatest act of empowerment ever and answers Jordan Peterson’s question (YouTube: 2015 Maps of Meaning 9: Mythology: The Great Father / Part 1, 42:05) about how societies can come about that aren’t corrupt the way most are and have been as far back […]
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