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Today's episode's on the Velocifer, Isaiah Berlin,

and his reaction to the political climate

during the 20th century.

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So we've talked multiple times on this show

about this ongoing debate

between 20th century political philosophers.

This specter that always seems to be looming

of nature versus culture,

Socrates versus Protagoras,

rationalism versus relativism.

These thinkers so often seem to be faced with a choice

between the essentialism of the Enlightenment

or the nihilism of later modernity.

But nonetheless, even after having this conversation

so many times,

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