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Archive Authors Civic Polity E.J. Hutchinson Natural Law Nota Bene

Reality and the Ballot-Box (2)

Below is the rest of the passage of Thomas Carlyle of which I recently quoted a part. The alternative to believing reality to be determinable by vote is to believe that its laws are already inscribed in nature as it is and cannot be altered by human whim or fancy. The fact that I am […]

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Archive Authors Civic Polity E.J. Hutchinson Natural Law Nota Bene

Reality and the Ballot-Box (1)

Peter is fond of saying that reality is not up for a vote. We don’t get to vote our way into determining the way things are, though theĀ Zeitgeist is adamantly blowing in that direction. Reality is just there, whether we like it or not. Below is a particularly eloquent expression of this idea from Thomas […]