Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron. Evil genius. He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it. That's like hiding at your own funeral. Yeah, it's a big, great gig. I'm Russell Kane. Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius. Becoming that rich, I'd say that is some level of genius. It also helps

that it's a long time ago, right? It's like the podcast version of telling your kids the ice cream

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Hello and welcome to the Institue Franca here in South Kensington, London, for this event from free-thinking in the summer.

And tonight, that gentle scent you might be able to detect is the spirit of Diderot, condorcet,

maybe just a little bit of polo-necked,

Goulois smoking style from Jean-Paul Sartre.

Because tonight, we're spending the night in the company of philosophers,

and they'll be telling us what philosophy can offer to illuminate current political debates,

and indeed the etre and neons of the modern condition.

But first, a big shout out to the audience.

Do we have any logical positivists out there? Don't all shout at once? Yeah. Okay, well sir,

this one's just for you. So, a Kantian, a Hobbesian and a Marxist walked into a bar.

Okay, I haven't actually quite worked out the punchline, but even if the joke is a little bit lame,

that description might just be a good way of thinking about three ways of looking at Europe.

Europe is never out of our headlines, but it's usually because of referendums or immigration.

We don't often get the chance to step back and think about the idea of Europe.

And that's where we'll drop the newspaper columnists

and instead call in the philosophers.

Is Europe the home of the perpetual peace,

advocated by Emmanuel Kant?

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