Episode 186 - Philosophy of Freedom: The State of Nature

The Corbett Report Podcast

The Corbett Report

Politics, News

4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2011

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Each society tells itself a story about where it came from. These foundation myths are built on our assumptions about the world and about human nature itself, and it often explains why we live in the political system that we do. Today on The Corbett Report we examine various foundation myths throughout history, from ancient Greece to modern America, from the Enlightenment to the post-Enlightenment.

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0:09.0	Welcome my friends. Welcome to another edition of the Corbett Report. I am your
0:16.1	host James Corbett podcasting to you as always from the sunny climes of
0:19.4	Western Japan on this 14th day of May 2011.
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