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Post by marsatax on Jan 6, 2020 2:48:45 GMT
Here is the cover of a book called "The System of Liberty".
The man on the top right is John Locke. On the bottom row are Thomas Paine, John Stuart Mill, and Thomas Jefferson.
Who is on the top left?
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Post by Sulla on Jan 6, 2020 3:32:18 GMT
It looks like Herbert Spencer.
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Post by marsatax on Jan 6, 2020 4:08:25 GMT
It looks like Herbert Spencer.
You're right! Thank you!
There is a picture of Spencer in the Wikipedia article on him, and it matches the picture on the book cover:
But, jeez, I never thought of Spencer as a champion of liberty. Wasn't he into social Darwinism? And we all know what THAT led to.
For a fifth figure on the book cover, I would have included someone like Adam Smith or Baron de Montesquieu or James Madison.
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Post by Sulla on Jan 6, 2020 4:30:39 GMT
It looks like Herbert Spencer.
You're right! Thank you!
There is a picture of Spencer in the Wikipedia article on him, and it matches the picture on the book cover:
But, jeez, I never thought of Spencer as a champion of liberty. Wasn't he into social Darwinism? And we all know what THAT led to.
For a fifth figure on the book cover, I would have included someone like Adam Smith or Baron de Montesquieu or James Madison.
You're welcome. I didn't think to check for a pic on Wiki.
I don't know enough about Spencer or that subject to answer why he was chosen for the cover. But the book cover doesn't call them "champions of liberty". It's a history of Classical Liberalism. I would guess he has a place in the history of that subject whether his contributions were good or bad.
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Post by marsatax on Jan 6, 2020 4:36:07 GMT
You're right! Thank you!
There is a picture of Spencer in the Wikipedia article on him, and it matches the picture on the book cover:
But, jeez, I never thought of Spencer as a champion of liberty. Wasn't he into social Darwinism? And we all know what THAT led to.
For a fifth figure on the book cover, I would have included someone like Adam Smith or Baron de Montesquieu or James Madison.
You're welcome. I didn't think to check for a pic on Wiki.
I don't know enough about Spencer or that subject to answer why he was chosen for the cover. But the book cover doesn't call them "champions of liberty". It's a history of Classical Liberalism. I would guess he has a place in the history of that subject whether his contributions were good or bad.
I've been reading some of the Wikipedia article on Spencer. Apparently some of his political views can be considered libertarian.
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