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The Eric Metaxas Show

Hadley Arkes

The Eric Metaxas Show

Metaxas Media

Religion & Spirituality

4.73.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Hadley Arkes provides a valuable education in foundational ideas governing America with his new book, "Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution."

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0:00.0

Folks, welcome to the Eric Metaxus show, sponsored by Legacy Precious Metals.

0:04.1

There's never been a better time to invest in precious metals. Visit legacy p.m. Investments.com.

0:12.5

That's legacy p.m. Investments.com. Welcome to the Eric Mattaxas show.

0:24.7

They say it's a thin line between love and hate, but we're working every day to thicken that line,

0:30.4

or at least make it a double or triple line.

0:33.1

Now here's your line jumping host, Eric Mattaxas.

0:38.5

Folks, welcome to the program.

0:39.6

If you know the program, the Eric Mattaxas shows, the show about everything.

0:43.4

Typically, we try to reach out to the common man and my guests are, you know, pool sharks,

0:53.1

prize fighters, that type of, that type of person.

0:57.4

But today we're going to deviate.

1:00.0

We're going to talk to somebody, well, his name is Hadley Arx or Arcus, depending on how he pronounces it.

1:08.9

He is the Edward Ney Professor of Jurisprudence and American

1:12.7

Institutions Emeritus at Amherst College. He's the founding director of the James Wilson

1:18.5

Institute on Natural Rights and the American Founding. He's written many books. He's certainly no

1:24.7

prize fighter. Hadley, welcome to the program.

1:28.8

Oh, thanks for having me on, Eric. I haven't seen you since you were a little boy.

1:33.5

Since I was a child, since I was a child at the gym. No, listen, I always have to start out,

1:42.2

you know, saying dumb things because we're going to get very serious very quickly.

1:47.2

Here's a dumb question.

1:48.7

How do you pronounce your surname?

1:51.8

Arcus.

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