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Tyranny and Political Philosophy
No full textTyranny is a theme that reverberates in politico-philosophical scholarship since the post-war era of the twentieth century and it has been taken up with a renewed interest in recent years. Aside from Leo Strauss, only very few scholars have focused on the link between ancient and modern tyranny, and even fewer on how the concept of tyranny might give insight into the study of political philosophy itself. In this dissertation, I argue that the concept of tyranny can make us aware of the permanent character of the problems that arise between philosophy and politics, and help us distinguish between the core and the peripheral tenets of political philosophy. On this basis, I contend that it is possible to draw a closer connection between Socratic and Machiavellian political philosophy. Through a close reading of select passages of Xenophon, Plato and Aristotle, on the one hand, and of Machiavelli, on the other, I address the main differences that separate the philosophic from the political way of life.
I first analyze the concept of tyranny from the viewpoint of the city and of â real menâ (andres), and then contrast it with the perspective of the philosopher. I assert that the praise of kalokagathia is more of a concession than the real essence of the classicsâ philosophic teachings. Although I show that there is a close connection between the philosopher and the tyrant, I also explain what sets them apart. The subtle distinction that the classics made between the principles of their philosophic politics as opposed to the principles of philosophy itself, I argue, helps us to understand the classics better and to read Machiavelli in a different, more benevolent and more philosophical light. While I acknowledge that modern forms of tyranny, such as the universal and homogeneous state that Kojève proposes, originate in Machiavelliâ s revolution, I hold that the essence of Machiavelliâ s teachings, in harmony with the classics, shores up philosophy, not tyranny. The return both to the classics and to the origins of modernity that I put forward aims at keeping philosophy alive against tyranny of thought
Meeting 3: Latin American Concrete Poetry
No full textFor the third meeting of the Fall 2021 Cowan Archive Seminar Series, Dr. Janet Hendrickson of the UD Modern Languages department led a discussion on Spanish and Portuguese Concrete Poetry in Latin America
Guadalupe Candles
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Panorama STA Dallas
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Pieta Cathedral Shrine Guadalupe Dallas
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2021 Program
No full text2021 Program for the King Haggar Haggerty awards. Event held virtually on January 19, 2021 at 3:30 pm. Notable people mentioned include: President Thomas Hibbs, Jonathan J. Sanford, Thomas Jodziewicz, Brett Landry, Ruth May, David Sweet, Robert Hochberg, David Andrews, Cherie Hohertz, and Andrew Osborn
Virgin Mary Pure As Snow
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