69. Adam Smith Part 8; John Locke and the Triumph of Reason

69. Adam Smith Part 8; John Locke and the Triumph of Reason

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Completing our Adam Smith arc with the end of the ideology of Calvinism. Its replacement with the idea that God is good and the happiness of mankind is God’s purpose, allowed Hume and Smith to encode the principles of Christian love into a Newtonian framework. Safely encased in a Newtonian system, Smith’s ideas could survive the rise of atheism. This is the intellectual end point of leaving medieval morality behi...

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1808 Talleyrand, Goethe and the Congress of Erfurt

1808 Talleyrand, Goethe and the Congress of Erfurt

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Talleyrand represents a strand of the ancient regime, the old nobility that thrives and leads, right through the monstrosity and glory of...

9 Jul 202534min

1808 Wellington, Dupont and Napoleon over the Chasm

1808 Wellington, Dupont and Napoleon over the Chasm

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We cover Napoleon's sneaky invasion of Spain, its preamble and Napoleon's motivations. This is followed by a look at Wellington's invasi...

2 Jul 202547min

1807 Napoleon's Glory Years, Part 3

1807 Napoleon's Glory Years, Part 3

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This covers the 1807 Campaign in Poland and the eventual Treaty of Tilsit. This is the true apex of Napoleon's glory and possibly the ha...

18 Jun 202536min

1806 Napoleon's Glory Years Part 2

1806 Napoleon's Glory Years Part 2

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. After Austerlitz Napoleon keeps the Grand Armee together in Central Germany. This allows him to rip up the map of Germany and redraw it t...

4 Jun 202547min

1805 - 1807 Napoleon's Glory Years, Part 1

1805 - 1807 Napoleon's Glory Years, Part 1

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. 1805, Ulm and Austerlitz and the events that lead up to the War of the 3rd Coalition. These are events that reveal genius in action. Thi...

21 Mai 202541min

1807 Battle of Copenhagen, Part 3

1807 Battle of Copenhagen, Part 3

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Wellington, Jarlsberg, battle of the Wooden Shoes, Norge. Such excitement. The Danish Navy is simply too large in the world of 1807 to s...

7 Mai 202541min

Battle of Copenhagen 1801

Battle of Copenhagen 1801

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The 2nd of the 3 episodes on Copenhagen. This covers Nelson's attack on Copenhagen and the Danish defense. The controversies about the...

30 Apr 202549min

The Attacks on Copenhagen 1801 1807; Københavns bombardement

The Attacks on Copenhagen 1801 1807; Københavns bombardement

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. First episode of a 3-episode arc on the British attacks on Copenhagen. This covers Danish history and Copenhagen history through the lon...

23 Apr 202552min

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