64. Adam Smith  Pt.3; The Theory of Moral Sentiments;  What kind of monkeys are we?

64. Adam Smith Pt.3; The Theory of Moral Sentiments; What kind of monkeys are we?

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Why do humans behave decently towards each other? Adam Smith doesn't do evolutionary biology, but his insights, on how we wish to love and be loved and what's more we wish to be lovely are timeless and deep. The corresponding notions of how we wish to avoid giving offense and how we have a horror of blameworthiness...a horror we don't really face. The Conversations with Camie is longer than usual and I get into some...

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Slouching Towards the American Revolution Part 2, John Wilkes

Slouching Towards the American Revolution Part 2, John Wilkes

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This continues the British centric focus on the approach to the American Revolution. We cover the many distractions of the British gover...

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Slouching Towards the American Revolution Part 1

Slouching Towards the American Revolution Part 1

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The lead up to the American Revolution from the British perspective. We revisit how divided Britain was over the American issue. The e...

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Seven Years War; Part 3

Seven Years War; Part 3

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The 7 Years war in Western Germany and the defeat of France's ambitions to invade the British Isles in 1759. France invades Hannover 6 ...

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Seven Years War, Part 2, 2nd Hundred Years War Part 26

Seven Years War, Part 2, 2nd Hundred Years War Part 26

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This one covers : European grand strategy with a focus on the opening of the naval war and the execution of Admiral Byng. The Prussian ...

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Seven Years War; Part 1

Seven Years War; Part 1

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We start off the & Years war with a look at some of the major leaders, William Pitt the elder, Choiseul, Frederick the Great and Maria Te...

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War of the Austrian Succession

War of the Austrian Succession

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Say goodbye to peace. We cover the War of Jenkins Ear. The excitement of the capture of Portobello, Rule Brittania is written in celebr...

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Malthus and Hajnal

Malthus and Hajnal

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Reverend Thomas Malthus reveals that we live in a universe run by a trickster god. As soon as the basic principles are figured out and e...

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Age of Walpole Part 3; Methodism and the Superior Meta Institution

Age of Walpole Part 3; Methodism and the Superior Meta Institution

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. How did Britain cope with the massive changes of the 18th century? Walpole skills in this regard are under appreciated. Our emphasis is...

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