>> “The most popular, and the most elegant writer on the law of nations, is Vattel, whose method has been greatly admired. He has been cited, for the last half century, more freely than any one of the public jurists; but he is very deficient in philosophical precision.” <<
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Philosophical precision?
Philosophy is so personal, how can there be such a thing as “Philosophical precision?”
I guess Kent is simply saying that it would be nice if everyone agreed with him? The Rodney King of political philosophy.
LOL! I guess.
At least Kent restricts himself to a subtle nitpicking over blatant character assassination.
That's a lot more than I can say for the majority of our current crop of political cronies!