I signed up and watched the 1st installment tonight, and it was brilliant.
I know part of me is bowled over because I don’t have much of an education in the classics, but I have to say, to have the Laws of Nature explained to me by someone who really knew how to do it was a real treat.
And then, on top of it to be able to take that classical definition of nature and equality and weave it into both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States just made the fireworks go off in my head!
I only understood peripherally what nature was (in the classical sense) but the argument that Larry Arnn made to illustrate was not only well presented and entertaining, it made the point in an undeniable way that completely resonated with me. Intellectually, that one little snippet (about the nature of things being readily self-evident when compared to things of a different nature) really lit a spark inside my brain.
It was a nice feeling, it’s been a long time. It’s easy to get caught up in work and living, and forget your brain needs to have an opportunity to stretch its legs once in a while.
Check out the Readings section when you get the chance. Snippets from Cicero, and Sidney and Locke especially.
As if we did not know, by Locke, Hussein is a tyrant.