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John Locke had such a profound influence on Thomas Jefferson that he may be deemed an honorary founding father of the United States. He advocated the natural equality of human beings, their natural rights to life, liberty, and property, and defined legitimate government in terms that Jefferson would later use in the Declaration of Independence. Locke's life and works are discussed, and the lecture shows how he transformed ideas previously formulated by Machiavelli and Hobbes into a more liberal constitutional theory of the state.
Part 1 of 3 available on the site.
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This course is intended as an introduction to political philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers of the Western political tradition. Three broad themes that are central to understanding political life are focused upon: the polis experience (Plato, Aristotle), the sovereign state (Machiavelli, Hobbes), constitutional government (Locke), and democracy (Rousseau, Tocqueville). The way in which different political philosophies have given expression to various forms of political institutions and our ways of life are examined throughout the course
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This course is intended as an introduction to political philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers of the Western political tradition. Three broad themes that are central to understanding political life are focused upon: the polis experience (Plato, Aristotle), the sovereign state (Machiavelli, Hobbes), constitutional government (Locke), and democracy (Rousseau, Tocqueville). The way in which different political philosophies have given expression to various forms of political institutions and our ways of life are examined throughout the course.
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Web page about the Nuremberg trials collection.
Includes:
Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal.
Motions
Orders of the Tribunal
Presentation of Cases
Testimony of Witnesses
Final Report on the Evidence of Witnesses for the Defense of Organizations Alleged to be Criminal, Heard Before a Commission Appointed by the Tribunal Pursuant to Paragraph 4 of the Order of the 13th of March, 1946
Report of Robert H. Jackson, United States Representative to the International Conference on Military Trials : London, 1945
Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression
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This lecture is an introduction to the life and works of Rousseau, as well as the historical and political events in France after the death of Louis XIV. Writing in a variety of genres and disciplines, Rousseau helped bring to fruition the political and intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment. Among his most important works is the Second Discourse (Discourse on Inequality), in which Rousseau traces the origins of inequality and addresses the effects of time and history on humans.
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The file downloaded from the first link contains all of the course pages from this course and may be downloaded for offline use and includes all the course pages used during the sessions.
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Letter that Arthur James Balfour sent to Lord Rotschild, in which the british Government viewed in favor of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.
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This course is intended as an introduction to political philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers of the Western political tradition. The course will focus on three broad themes that are central to understanding political life: the polis experience (Plato, Aristotle), the sovereign state (Machiavelli, Hobbes), constitutional government (Locke), and democracy (Rousseau, Tocqueville).
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Discusses the Berlin (Potsdam) Conference, of July 17-August 2, 1945 and Protocol of the Proceedings, August l, 1945. Conclusions of the Berlin Conference of the Three heads of the governments of the U. S. S. R., U. S. A., and U. K., which took place from July 17 to August 2, 1945.
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Web pages on which you can find fundamental texts about the november revolution of 1917 in russia, seen from a foreign perspective.
The Ambassador in Russia (Francis) to the Secretary of State : Petrograd, November 7, 1917, 5 p.m.
The Ambassador in Russia (Francis) to the Secretary of State : Petrograd, November 7, 1917, 6 p.m.
The Minister in Sweden (Morris) to the Secretary of State : Stockholm, November 8, 1917, 4 p.m.
The Consul General at Moscow (Summers) to the Secretary of State : Moscow, November 8, 1917, 4 p.m.
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