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OLL’s February Birthday: Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury. (February 26, 1671 - February 4, 1713)

By: Peter Carl Mentzel

February’s OLL Birthday essay is dedicated to Anthony Ashley Cooper, better known to history as the Third Earl of Shaftesbury, or sometimes just Shaftesbury. He was an important statesman and Whig politician during the turbulent years following the Glorious Revolution, but he is probably best…
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The Logic of Desire: From Homer’s Odyssey to Alice in Wonderland

By: Alexander Schmid

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Liberalism in The True Believer

By: Janet Bufton

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Liberty Matters

The OLL brings people together to debate and discuss important texts and big ideas about liberty.

Early Spanish Empire in North America

By: Paul Schwennesen, Gabriela Calderon de Burgos, and Henry T. Edmondson III

Did a Spanish Enlightenment predate and influence later English and Scottish Enlightenments? 
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Ancient Legacies: Democracy v Republic (Greece v Rome)

By: Ioannis D. Evrigenis, Marco Romani, Carl Richard, and Charlotte C. Thomas

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Contrasting Views of Liberty in Hume and Rousseau (November 2024)

By: Maria Pia Paganelli, Aaron Alexander Zubia, Edward Harpham, and Elena Yi-Jia Zeng

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