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Machiavelli: his political realism should by now be 'absorbed' in social science
Harvey Mansfield and Anthony Giddens contemplate the legacies
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MICHAEL G. HELLER
Harvey Mansfield, Aristotle, Locke, and the Spirit of Liberalism [The relevance of Aristotle to our times]
A most loyal friend of Social Science Files marks the end of 2022 with a reexamination of the relevance of Aristotle to our times..
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Michael G. Heller
#19 Nasser Behnegar in defence of Leo Strauss’s critique of social science
Why did [Leo Strauss] this single-minded student of political philosophy devote so much of his time and energy to a critique of contemporary social…
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MICHAEL G. HELLER
#7 Pareto’s advice on how to study multidisciplinary social science
Let there be given any proposition—and to leave it indeterminate we shall express it by saying “A is B.” It is customary for the theorist to hold the…
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MICHAEL G. HELLER
The enlightening separation of powers
.. with a contemporary end of year 2024 prelude to our future
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Michael G. Heller
1. Origins of 'Checks & Balances' in System and Mechanism
David Wootton's essay, Part 1 'Mechanical Systems'
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MICHAEL G. HELLER
4. Origins of 'Checks & Balances' in System and Mechanism
David Wootton's essay, Part 4 'Elective Despotism'
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Michael G. Heller
Quentin Skinner 'Visions of Politics'
Series: Interpreting the interpreters of medieval governance
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Michael G. Heller
[2] Gaines Post 'Legal Thought'
Series: Interpreting the interpreters of medieval governance
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Michael G. Heller
Quentin Skinner, Hobbes & Republican Liberty [What Aristotle taught Hobbes]
Hobbes learns with Aristotle: the context of the influences and ideas
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Michael G. Heller
Eric A. Posner, The Constitution of the Roman Republic
Claims about ruinations of Republics (Rome/USA) by fetishisation of separation of powers, with observations on population growth with declining…
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Michael G. Heller
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