In Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche takes up and expands on the ideas of his previous work, Thus Spoke Zarathustra. In doing so he attacks past philosophers for their alleged lack of critical sense and their blind acceptance of Christian premises in their consideration of morality. The work moves into the realm "beyond good and evil" in the sense of leaving behind the...
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Lectures on Modern History
John Emerich Edward Dalberg Lord Acton
Online Library of Liberty
June
1895
Lord Acton had immense influence on the political thought of his day, although he was primarily a historian. In this lecture, he first discusses the development of the study of history itself. He then surveys recent events from the rise of the modern state until the American Revolution, concentrating on the development of liberty.
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