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Robert A. BallingallThe Conversation |
Many Americans have decried today’s politics as ‘shameless.’ The antidote, a political philosopher argues, may be more reverence – awe at just...
James Madison called Montesquieu "the oracle who is always consulted," and his theory of liberty as "tranquility of mind" is worth revisiting now.
Montesquieu shaped how Americans understood liberty, and his warning about a ‘tyranny of opinion’ speaks to today’s polarization.