tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321811986183748086.post8110375762874917579..comments2024-01-19T20:18:23.750-08:00Comments on Today's Thought...: Voltaire & Rousseau: Thinking about the American RevolutionGerald Boerner's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238943350942848488noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321811986183748086.post-82293934504696426322020-01-30T13:28:01.403-08:002020-01-30T13:28:01.403-08:00XDXDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321811986183748086.post-72545472706343706992019-10-18T07:49:17.269-07:002019-10-18T07:49:17.269-07:00what the fuck is wrong with youwhat the fuck is wrong with youAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14019346739305588468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321811986183748086.post-77729868273433585202019-09-06T05:21:49.974-07:002019-09-06T05:21:49.974-07:00same bro same
same bro same<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01958540095624382148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321811986183748086.post-24931388779309657012019-09-03T08:13:35.526-07:002019-09-03T08:13:35.526-07:00old manold manAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321811986183748086.post-28710307590266273662019-08-07T15:38:05.392-07:002019-08-07T15:38:05.392-07:00I am new to actually taking time to study our Foun...I am new to actually taking time to study our Founders....for instance I recently read Thomas Paine's Common Sense, read about Blackstone (but not his Commentaries), have looked close enough at the Declaration of Independence to fully appreciate the amazing influence it has had not only to America, but also the rest of the world. Natural Rights.....given to us by God in our Created Being.....LIFE is a precious thing....how is it we just kill unwanted conceptions? How in HELL did we get here?rgee beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007073366694584533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321811986183748086.post-47179773612160230532018-08-19T14:07:48.811-07:002018-08-19T14:07:48.811-07:00Or maybe you just are not considering the well-doc...Or maybe you just are not considering the well-documented effect of Montesquieu on John Locke. Or, perhaps, you overlooking the fact that Jefferson spent 5 years in the Paris salons prior to working on the Constitution. Maybe it's that your imagination is not taxed to think that the ideas of Rousseau, Montesquieu, Diderot, and Voltaire, et.al--which show up utterly intact in our Constitution--is merely coincidence, and has nothing to do with the fact that many of our founding fathers--Jefferson, Franklin, and Adams most notably--spent years in France prior to their work on the US Constitution.<br /><br />If the above are true of you, then we must part ways on our thinking.Lilithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14528494225046142061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321811986183748086.post-20625669808313205982016-03-22T13:39:53.591-07:002016-03-22T13:39:53.591-07:00Thanks!This was quite helpful and I really learned...Thanks!This was quite helpful and I really learned about who exactly each person was! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321811986183748086.post-9210739438926036862016-03-18T12:00:14.834-07:002016-03-18T12:00:14.834-07:00I have never read the names of the philosophers of...I have never read the names of the philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment in the writings of the Founding Fathers. Perhaps I just missed the pages where the names are quoted? ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com