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OLL’s October Birthday: Denis Diderot (October 5, 1713 – July 31, 1784)

By: Peter Carl Mentzel Oct 23, 2024

October’s OLL Birthday Essay is in honor of the French polymath Denis Diderot. Most famous as the editor and inspiration of the Encyclopédie, Diderot also published works on philosophy and art, as well as novels, and plays, and was crucially important in establishing the intellectual framework for…

Ilia Chavchavadze on Adam Smith, Free Trade, and the Future of the United States

By: Irakli Javakhishvili Oct 04, 2024

Anne Dowriche: War, Treason and Shakespeare.

By: Joanne Paul Oct 01, 2024

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Oakeshott and Liberal Education (October 2024)

By: OLL Editor Oct 08, 2024

Michael Oakeshott was an English political theorist and philosopher who is admired by many conservatives and classical liberals. In this Liberty Matters series, Elizabeth Corey relates Oakeshott's ideal categories of civil and enterprise associations to his ideas about education.