Descartes’s Paradoxical Politics
Politics for Descartes is not a part of philosophy proper.
John of Salisbury, the Policraticus, and Political Thought
It is not the mere division of tasks that results in the collective good—there is no “invisible hand” in John’s functionalism.
Radical Son: The Apprenticeship of John Stuart Mill
Few parents raise their children from infancy to assume a specific occupation or role in life. Fewer still raise them to be radical reformers. This, however, is precisely what James Mill did with his first-born child, John Stuart Mill.