O hai LJ. Sorry I've been away so long. I've even failed in my stated intention to mirror the things I post up on mhuzzell.wordpress.com. I'll catch up on that at some point soon (though I'll probably back-date them, so I don't know whether that would put them in your feeds or not ( Read more... )

Lots of people like to write inspirational messages on dollar bills. I suppose because they're not too valuable, and are bits of perfectly note-sized paper that circulate quickly. This one struck me, though. Maybe it's just because I've just watched Animal Farm, but I'm not sure I've taken quite the intended message.


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I've started re-reading Rousseau's 'The Social Contract', preparing to write an essay on it. Like so many of his predecessors, Rousseau is concerned with determining which aspects of human society are 'natural' and which are 'artificial'. But I think they are setting up a false dichotomy ( Read more... )